Plate 67: Large White and Small White Butterfly Caterpillars, Hornworm Caterpillar, Broom Moth Caterpillar, and Others, c. 1575/1580

Inscription

center right in brown ink: LXVII.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Quis investigavit magnalia eius? Ecc 18. (“Who can search out his majestic power?” Ecclesiasticus 18:3) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in black/blue ink: Per tal variare natura e bella

Provenance

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

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.

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