Plate 13: A Tiger, a Lynx, and a Jaguar(?), 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

1987.20.6.14

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in black/brown ink: Quae genuit Tigres, qua nutrit Terra Leones: / Formicis, Apibus, praebuit ipsa sinum; upper center in blue ink: A FRONTE PRAECIPITIV[M] A TERGO FERAE.; center right in black ink: XIII.; animals in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink; cactus in image numbered .4., in red ink; lower center in black ink: Indica TIGRIS agit rabida cum Tigride Pacem / Perpetuam: saevis inter se convenit ursis.
Facing page: upper center in red/violet ink: A solis ortu usq[ue] ad occasum laudabile nome[n] DOMINI.ps.112. (“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is worthy of praise.” Psalms 112:3) (Latin Vulgate Bible); middle center in black ink: Venator catulos Tigri rapit, illa citato / Insequitur cursu, furtaq[ue] pendit equus. / Tantus amor prolis, rabies, et vindicis ira / Tanta ferae, foetus et reperire labor.; lower center in brown ink: Vindicat ablatum catulum nece saeva caballi / Tigris, quem liquit littore, praedo fugax. / Exprimut in sobolem fidissima corda parentum: / Atq[ue] quod hic patrat criminis, ille luit. A:S. (Stockelius?)