Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii
published 1592
Artist, Flemish, 1573 - 1632/1633
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G24
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 52 engravings on laid paper; divided into four sequences of 12 leaves each, each sequence preceded by a title leaf
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 24.1 × 32.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)
plate: 15.5 × 20.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1987.20.9
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 17-64
Associated Artworks
See all 52 artworks
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 7]
Jacob Hoefnagel
1592
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 2, Plate 6]
Jacob Hoefnagel
1592
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 5]
Jacob Hoefnagel
1592
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald [1893-1988], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1999
From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, no. 56, as Emblematic Page from Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii (Frankfurt).
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam, 1953: vol. IX, nos. 17-64.
1999
From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999: no. 56.
2017
Vignau-Wilberg, Thea. Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel: Art and Science around 1600. Berlin, 2017: no. G 11.
Inscriptions
each print contains plate number in lL and part number in lR; signed and dated on title page for Part I and dated on title page for Part IV; each print also carries a Latin inscription