Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii
published 1592
Jacob Hoefnagel after Joris Hoefnagel
Artist, Flemish, 1573 - 1632/1633
Artist After, Flemish, 1542 - 1600
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 Number
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, Title Page]
Jacob Hoefnagel
1592
Part 1, Plate 1, from the series Archetypa studiaque (Archetypes and Studies)
Jacob Hoefnagel
1592
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 2]
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).
2025
Little Beasts: Art Wonder and the Natural World, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2025 (volume open to 1987.20.29.2 [Part I, Plate 1]).
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