A Monkey, a Porcupine, Two Hedgehogs, a Buffalo and a Fox

c. 1597

Adriaen Collaert

Associated Names
Adriaen Collaert

Artist, Flemish, Flemish, 1560 - 1618

The image shows various animals in an etching style, set in a landscape with two houses, a fence, trees, hills, and a distant town. The sky has swirling clouds. The color palette is black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.2 × 18.8 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 12.7 × 19 cm (5 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1972.28.89

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1481, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York); purchased by the NGA, 1972.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1481, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65564311

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