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Karl August von Brentano

German, 1817 - 1896

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Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)

Joris Hoefnagel

c. 1575/1590s

Bound volume of 78 drawings (incl.title page) in watercolor and gold paint on parchment, alternating with pages of ink inscriptions on paper; 2 plates (iii, iv) with gold border only (80 total decorated pages) Accession ID 1987.20.5

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 70: A Roach Surrounded by Insects

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.71

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 10: Brown Hairstreak, Silver-Washed Fritillary, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies on a Four-o'-Clock Flower

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, lepidochromy, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.11

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 15: Grayling Butterfly, Magpie Moth, and Two Chrysalides

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, lepidochromy, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.16

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 58: A Bee and Five Other Insects

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.59

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 11: Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Mole Cricket

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.12

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 63: A Dragonfly, a Spotted Longhorn, a Sexton Beetle, and Other Insects with a Blue and White Columbine

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, dragonfly wings, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.64

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 16: Black-Veined White, Clouded Yellow, Black Hairstreak(?), Geranium Argus(?), and Common Blue Butterflies with Two Chrysalides

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, lepidochromy, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.17

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 51: Grasshoppers and a Caterpillar with a Four O'Clock Flower

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.52

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 57: A Ladybug, a Fly, and Four Other Insects

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.58

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 7: Swallowtail Butterfly

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.8

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Plate 47: A Dragonfly (Banded Darter?), Grasshopper, Houseflies, a Carrion Beetle, a Flower Longhorn Beetle, and Other Insects

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, dragonfly wings, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.48

On View: NGA, West Building, G-023

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Karl August von Brentano

Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)

Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)

Plate 70: A Roach Surrounded by Insects

Plate 70: A Roach Surrounded by Insects

Plate 10: Brown Hairstreak, Silver-Washed Fritillary, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies on a Four-o'-Clock Flower

Plate 10: Brown Hairstreak, Silver-Washed Fritillary, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies on a Four-o'-Clock Flower

Plate 15: Grayling Butterfly, Magpie Moth, and Two Chrysalides

Plate 15: Grayling Butterfly, Magpie Moth, and Two Chrysalides

Plate 58: A Bee and Five Other Insects

Plate 58: A Bee and Five Other Insects

Plate 11: Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Mole Cricket

Plate 11: Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Mole Cricket

Plate 63: A Dragonfly, a Spotted Longhorn, a Sexton Beetle, and Other Insects with a Blue and White Columbine

Plate 63: A Dragonfly, a Spotted Longhorn, a Sexton Beetle, and Other Insects with a Blue and White Columbine

Plate 16: Black-Veined White, Clouded Yellow, Black Hairstreak(?), Geranium Argus(?), and Common Blue Butterflies with Two Chrysalides

Plate 16: Black-Veined White, Clouded Yellow, Black Hairstreak(?), Geranium Argus(?), and Common Blue Butterflies with Two Chrysalides

Plate 51: Grasshoppers and a Caterpillar with a Four O'Clock Flower

Plate 51: Grasshoppers and a Caterpillar with a Four O'Clock Flower

Plate 57: A Ladybug, a Fly, and Four Other Insects

Plate 57: A Ladybug, a Fly, and Four Other Insects

Plate 7: Swallowtail Butterfly

Plate 7: Swallowtail Butterfly

Plate 47: A Dragonfly (Banded Darter?), Grasshopper, Houseflies, a Carrion Beetle, a Flower Longhorn Beetle, and Other Insects

Plate 47: A Dragonfly (Banded Darter?), Grasshopper, Houseflies, a Carrion Beetle, a Flower Longhorn Beetle, and Other Insects

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