Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 5]

1592

Jacob Hoefnagel, after Joris Hoefnagel

Associated Names
Jacob Hoefnagel

Artist, Flemish, 1573 - 1632/1633

Joris Hoefnagel

Artist After, Flemish, 1542 - 1600

This print features insects and plant elements arranged together. A moth with spread wings is on the left, with a flower stem hanging down above it. In the center is a large beetle, and there is another flower stem on the right. A snail with a spiral shell is below the moth on the left side, and a carrot with leaves is on the bottom right, under another beetle or roach. In the bottom center appears to be an apple cut in half, with a fly and a spider nearby. The print uses fine black lines on an off-white background. Some of the plants and creatures seem to cast shadows on the paper behind them. They are all surrounded by a thin rectangular outline, and there are lines of text at the top and bottom of the print.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Carolyn Bullard, Dallas); purchased 2006 by Ellen von Seggern Richter and Jan Paul Richter; gift to the NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • Little Beasts: Art Wonder and the Natural World, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2025.

Bibliography

2024

  • Rich, Brooks H. "Gifts and Acquisitions."Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 16, repro.

Watermarks

eagle with wings spread


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