Plate 16: Wild Boar, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Vol.II, Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)

Medium

watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum

Dimensions

page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Accession Number

1987.20.6.17

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in violet ink: FONTIBVS APROS, FLORIBVS AVSTRVM; center right in black ink: XVI.; animal in image numbered 1, in red ink.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Quanta est gula, quae sibi totos ponit Apros; middle center in black ink: Solus amor veneris, sola insatiata cupido / Sollicitat mentem stimulis, stimulus domat effera corda. / Quis nisi te dominum vitae mortisque fatetur / Magne amor, et Regum et populorum maxime princeps?; lower center in brown ink: Actus Aper, setis iram denunciat hirtis: / Et ruit oppositi nitens in vulnera ferri / Pressus, et emisso moritur su[per]viscera telo.

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing J., Mrs.

Exhibition History

1982: Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, = 1540 - 1680, The Art Museum, Princeton University, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Art, Carnegie Insitute, Pittsburgh (exh. cat. by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, no. 56.

1982: Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540 - 1680, The Art Museum, Princeton University, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Art, Carnegie Insitute, Pittsburgh (exh. cat. by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, no. 56.