Basilisk
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Basilisk” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
The albums also feature some imaginary creatures, such as a sea monster and a small dragon. The latter was probably a forgery made from a ray and kept in Rudolf II’s collection. This basilisk is a curious case: a lizard without forelegs. We do not know how De Boodt interpreted this
animal. Is it a freak of nature, or a reference to a basilisk, a mythical snake-dragon?
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-BR-2017-1-7-10
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
