Plate 40: Two Otters and a Beaver, 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

1987.20.6.41

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left center in brown ink: .2.; upper center in brown ink: Versibus haud nostris indictus pontice CASTOR / Aufugies, rapido morsu genitalia quamuis / Membra seces, totum redimasq[ue] a funere corpus, / Parte data, sedes cursum, furiasq[ue] sequentum.; center right in (gold?): XXXX; animals in image numbered .1., 2., and .3., in red ink
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Domini est Terra et plenitudo eius.ps.23. (“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” Psalms 23:1) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in brown ink: Tui sunt Caeli, et tua est TERRA, orbem terr[a]e et plenitudine[m] / eius tu fundasti, Aquilonem et mare tu creasti.ps: 88. (“The heavens are yours, the earth is also yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them. The north and the sea you have created them.” Psalms 88:12 and 13) (Latin Vulgate Bible)