Plate 32: Two Monkeys on a Table, 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

1987.20.6.33

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in red ink: SIMIA NON CAPITVR LAQVEO; center right in black ink: XXXII.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2.; on tablecloth in image at right in (gold?): CAVDA ET BARBA HABIT SIMIA; lower center in violet/black ink: SIMIA IN PVRPVRA.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Laudationem domini loquetur os meum, et benedicat o[m/n]is / caro, nomini sancto eius, in seculum et seculu[m], seculi ps144 (“My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.” Psalms 144:21) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in (gold?): Stat sua cuiq[ue] dies, breve, et irreparabile tempus / Omnibus est vitae. Sed famam extendere factis: / Hoc virtutis opus.