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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 / collaude[n]t: 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 praise the name which he sanctified and glory in his wondrous acts.” 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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