Royal candle (Verbascum thapsus); Wolle Kruijd. / Verbascum; candela regia. / Bouillon blanc (title on object); King's candle; or cloud. Numbered top right: 331. Also the name in six languages. Part of the fourth album with drawings of flowers and mushrooms. Eleventh of twelve albums with drawings of animals; birds and plants known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch; Latin and French; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; chalk; ink; pen; h 270 mm x w 166 mm