Plate 2: Two Giraffes with an Attendant, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate II

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

1987.20.6.3

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

center right in (gold?): II.; man in image numbered .1., in red ink; giraffes in image numbered .2. and .3., in red ink; plant in image numbered .4., in red ink; lower center in black/brown ink: Diversum confusa genus, Panthera Camelo.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Gloriantes ad quid valebimus? Ipse enim / omnipotens super o[m/n]ia opera sua Ecc.43. (“What shall we be able to do to glorify him? For the Almighty himself is above all his works.” Ecclesiasticus 43:30) (Latin Vulgate Bible) / Lower center in black/violet ink: MONTES exultaverunt ut arietes: Et colles / sicut agni ovium. psal: 113: (“The mountains skipped like rams and the hills like the lambs of the flock.” Psalms 113:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

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.