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Inscription

Center right in brown ink: XXXVII.
Facing page:
Upper center in red ink: Ova Aspidum rapuerunt, et telas Araneae texuerunt / qui co[m]medet de ovis eorum, morietur.Isa 55 (“They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eggs shall die.” Isaiah 59:5) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

Exhibition History

1998
A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 76.
1999
From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, no. 45, as Iris from Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis).
2002
Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l'Oeil Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 30, as Ignis (Animalia Rationalia et Insecta) Plate 47.

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