Olive (Olea europaea) Olive-Tree. / Oliva. / Olivier. (title on object); Olive. Three branches with leaves; flowers and fruits. With a fly and a fruit in detail. Numbered top right: 125. Part of the second album with drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth 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.; Fruits: olive; trees: olive-tree; insects: fly; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; ink; chalk; pen; h 246 mm x w 170 mm