Plate 38: Two Small Dogs with a Crown Imperial, 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

1987.20.6.39

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in black ink: LVPVS LVPINA[M] NON EST NEC CANIS CANINAM.; center right in (gold?): XXXVIII.; upper center of image on either side of plant in (gold?): CORONA IMPERIALIS.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; lower center in brown ink: Non ita difficile est, natura cum sit amicus, / Conciliare tibi Catulum, custodia fida: / Inconcussus amor canis est per tempora multa
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Iubilate Domino omnis Terra / cantate, exultate, et psallite.ps.97.(“Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing.” Psalms 97:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in brown ink: Rite Canis latrat: fallax vulpecula gannit / Glancitat et Catulus: et lepores vagiunt.