Plate 33: A "Simivulpa" (Opossum?) and an Ibex, 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

1987.20.6.34

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

center right in black ink: XXXIII; animals in image numbered .1. and .2. in red ink.
Facing page: upper center in red ink: In manu DOMINI sunt fines terrae: et altitudines / MONTIVM ipsius sunt. ps:94. (“In his hand are the ends of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.” Psalms 94:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in brown ink: Occupatio magna creata est o[m/n]ibus hominibus, et iugum grave / super filios Adae a die exitus de ventre matris eorum usq[ue] ad / diem sepulturae in matrem omnium TERRAM. Ecc[es]:40. (“Great labor is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam, from the day of their coming out of their mother’s womb, until the day of their burial into the mother of all earth.” Ecclesiasticus 40:1) (Latin Vulgate Bible)