Plate 42: Two Gray Geese with a Third Bird and Hanging Grapes, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

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

1987.20.8.43

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

Upper center in rose ink: VVAQVE CO[N]SPECTA LIVORE[M] DVCIT AB VVA.; center right in (gold?): XXXXII.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink; lower center in (gold?): In convivio vini ne arguas proximum: Et non despicias eum / In iucunditate illius. Ecc[us] xxxi. (“Rebuke not your neighbor in a banquet of wine and despise him not in his mirth.” Ecclesiasticus 31:41) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Compedibus venerem, vinclis constringe Lyaeum / Ne te muneribus laedat uterq[ue] suis.; lower center in black ink: Vina parant animos, faciuntq[ue], coloribus aptos, / cura fugit multo, diluiturq[ue] mero / Tunc veniunt risus, tunc pauper cornua sumit / Tunc dolor et curae, rugaq[ue] frontis abit.