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Joris Hoefnagel

Plate 41: Two Types of Armadillos with a Marmoset, a Coconut Palm, and a Pepper Plant, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

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

1987.20.6.42

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing J., Mrs.

Bibliography

2014: Rikken, Marrigje. "A Spanish Album of Drawings of Animals in a South-Netherlandish Context: a Reattribution to Lambert Lombard" The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 62 (2014): 12-13.

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