Plate 26: A Red Fox and a Wolf, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

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

1987.20.6.27

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in red ink: I nunc et mitis, simplex innoxius esto / ut citius fias avidorum praeda LVPORVM.; upper center in black ink: NVNQVAM TE FALLA[N]T ANIMI SVB VVLPE LATENTES.; center right in black ink: XXVI.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; tree in image numbered .3., in red ink; banner in upper right of image in (gold?): HOMO HOMINI / LVPVS.; lower center in red ink: FVRE[M]QVE FVR COGNOSCIT, ET LVPVM LVPVS.; lower center in black ink: Lupus est homini homo, non homo, cum qualis sit non nonit.
Facing page: upper center in (gold?): Si Leonina pellis non satis est vulpina est addenda: / Dolus, an virtus, quis in hoste requirat?; lower center in brown ink: Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem: / Quem auribus tenere, periculosum.