Plate 64: Leopard Slug, Ground Beetle Larva, a Rat-tailed Maggot, and Other Creatures, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Vol.II, Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)

Medium

watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum

Dimensions

page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Accession Number

1987.20.6.65

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

center right in brown ink: LXIV.; creatures in image numbered .1., .2., .3., and .4.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Lingent gentes pulverem sicut serpentes: velut reptile / terrae proturbabuntur de Aedibus suis. Micheas.7. (“They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the creeping things of the earth, they shall be disturbed in their houses.” Micah 7:17) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in blue/black ink: Omnis TERRA adoret te, et psallet tibi: / Psalmum dicat nomini tuo. ps.65 (“Let all the earth adore you, and sing to you; let it sing a psalm to your name.” Psalms 65:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible)