Inscription
Insect in image numbered .1., in red ink; center right in brown ink: VII.
Facing page:
Upper center in red ink: Posuit oculum suum deus super corda hominum ostendere / Illis magnalia operum suorum: ut nome[n] sanctifictionis / collaudet: et gloriari in mirabilibus eius.Ecc[us].17. (“He set his eye upon their hearts to show them the greatness of his works. That they might declare the glorious things of his works.” Ecclesiasticus 17:7-8) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Provenance
Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.
Exhibition History
- 1998
- A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 76.
- 1999
- From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, no. 45, as Iris from Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis).
- 2002
- Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l'Oeil Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 30, as Ignis (Animalia Rationalia et Insecta) Plate 47.
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- Title Page
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- Plate 19: Two Butterflies with Five Other Insects
- 1987.20.5.20
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- Plate 24: Pink Rose
- 1987.20.5.25
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- Plate 25: Blue Underwing Moth and Spurge Hawk Moth
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- Plate 26: Two Hawk Moths
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- Plate 29: Pink Rose and Rosebud
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- Plate 30: Seven Moths
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- Plate 31: Seven Moths
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- Plate 32: Six Moths
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- Plate 35: A Wolf Spider(?) and Three Other Spiders
- 1987.20.5.36
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- Plate 36: Three Large Spiders and One Small Spider
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- Plate 37: Seven Spiders and an Insect
- 1987.20.5.38
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- Plate 38: Seven Spiders
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- Plate 3: Empty Oval
- 1987.20.5.4
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- Plate 39: Eight Spiders
- 1987.20.5.40
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- Plate 41: Yellow Spider Surrounded by Eight Spiders
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- Plate 44: Mantis, Mayfly, and a Fictional Locust
- 1987.20.5.45
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- Plate 45: Two Long-Headed Grasshoppers(?)
- 1987.20.5.46
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- Plate 46: Three Grasshoppers
- 1987.20.5.47
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- Plate 4: Empty Oval
- 1987.20.5.5
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- Plate 52: Four Grasshoppers
- 1987.20.5.53
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- Plate 53: Southern Hawker Dragonfly
- 1987.20.5.54
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- Plate 54: Hairy Dragonfly and Two Darters
- 1987.20.5.55
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- Plate 55: Three Green Dragonflies with Brown Wings
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- Plate 56: A Rosebud and a Disintegrating Pink Rose
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- Plate 57: A Ladybug, a Fly, and Four Other Insects
- 1987.20.5.58
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- Plate 58: A Bee and Five Other Insects
- 1987.20.5.59
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- Plate 5: Stag Beetle
- 1987.20.5.6
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- Plate 60: Flies and Other Insects
- 1987.20.5.61
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- Plate 61: Seven Insects, Including Flies
- 1987.20.5.62
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- Plate 62: Ten Insects
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- Plate 68: Seven Bees and Flies
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- Plate 69: Nine Bees and Other Insects
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- Plate 70: A Roach Surrounded by Insects
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- Plate 71: Two Wasps and a Pill Bug
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- Plate 73: Ten Insects
- 1987.20.5.74
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- Plate 74: Insects with White Daffodils
- 1987.20.5.75
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- Plate 75: A Fly and Other Insects with an Iris
- 1987.20.5.76
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- Plate 76: Insects with a Pink and Cream Columbine
- 1987.20.5.77
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- Plate 78: Ten Insects, Including a Blue Fly
- 1987.20.5.79
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- Plate 79: Twelve Insects, Including Shield Bugs
- 1987.20.5.80
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- Plate 80: Purple and Yellow Viola
- 1987.20.5.81
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