Myrtle family (Myrtaceae); Myrtle (probably). Unknown plant with white flowers and red pear-shaped berries. Numbered top right: 258. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth of twelve albums with drawings of animals; birds and plants known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch; Latin and French; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; chalk; ink; pen; h 235 mm 脙鈥?w 151 mm