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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- Title Page
- 1987.20.5.1
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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
- 1987.20.5.26
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- Plate 26: Two Hawk Moths
- 1987.20.5.27
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- Plate 29: Pink Rose and Rosebud
- 1987.20.5.30
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- Plate 30: Seven Moths
- 1987.20.5.31
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- Plate 31: Seven Moths
- 1987.20.5.32
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- Plate 32: Six Moths
- 1987.20.5.33
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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
- 1987.20.5.37
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- Plate 37: Seven Spiders and an Insect
- 1987.20.5.38
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- Plate 38: Seven Spiders
- 1987.20.5.39
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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
- 1987.20.5.42
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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
- 1987.20.5.56
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- Plate 56: A Rosebud and a Disintegrating Pink Rose
- 1987.20.5.57
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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
- 1987.20.5.63
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- Plate 68: Seven Bees and Flies
- 1987.20.5.69
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- Plate 69: Nine Bees and Other Insects
- 1987.20.5.70
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- Plate 70: A Roach Surrounded by Insects
- 1987.20.5.71
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- Plate 71: Two Wasps and a Pill Bug
- 1987.20.5.72
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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