Plate 19: Two Great Egrets with Green Breeding Masks, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Vol.IV, Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier)

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

1987.20.8.20

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

Center right in (gold?): XIX.; birds in image both numbered .1., in red ink; lower center in red/violet ink: PRAESENTE[N]Q[UE] DEVM quelibet herba refert. ("And any blade of grass points to the presence of God") (trans. Vignau-Wilberg 1994, 72)
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Dominus sapientia fundavit terram: stabilivit COELOS / prude[n]tia: sapientia eius erupuerunt abyssi et nubes rore / concrescunt.pro:3. (“The Lord by wisdom has founded the earth; by prudence has he established the heavens. By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.” Proverbs 3:19-20) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in red/violet ink: Me vero primum dulces ante omnia Musae, / Quarum sacra fero, Ingenti perculsus amore / Accipiant, COELIQ[UE] vias et Sydera monstrent.