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Inscription

Insects in image numbered .1., 2., .3., and .4., in red ink; center right in brown ink: LXXVI.
Facing page:
Upper center in red ink: Florete flores quasi lilium, et date odorem, et frondete in / gratia, et collaudate canticum, et benedicite dominum / In operibus suis.Ecc[us] 38.
(“Send forth flowers, as the lily, and yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works.” Ecclesiasticus 39:19) (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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