Plate 37: Two Spaniels with a Gourd, c. 1575/1580

Not on View

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

1987.20.6.38

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

upper center in black ink: Melior est CANIS vivus Leoni mortuo. Ecc[es].9. (“For a living dog is better than a dead lion.” Ecclesiastes 9:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible) / upper center in (gold?): CANIS FESTINA[N]S CAECOS PARIT CATVLOS.; center right in brown ink: XXXVII.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; lower center in red ink: PERICVLOSV[M] EST, CANE[M] INTESTINA GVSTARE.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Luciferi primo cum sydere, frigida rura / Carpamus, dum mane novum dum gramina canent / Et ros in tenera, pecori gratissimus herba est.; lower center in brown ink: Pastor inequali modulatur arundine carmen, / Nec desunt comites, sedula turba Canes.