Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) Salamander. / Salamandra. / Salamandre. (title on object), Fire salamander. Left and above the name in three languages. A later print has been pasted under the drawing with a representation of six salamanders. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles, amphibians and natural history ensembles. The seventh of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds and plants, known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, Praag, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), ink, engraving, h 90 mm × w 171 mm h 166 mm × w 136 mm