Sheet with Butterfly, Apple, and Quince, part 4 of folio 12 from Archetypa Studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii
Sheet with Butterfly, Apple, and Quince, part 4 of folio 12 from Archetypa Studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii

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Sheet with Butterfly, Apple, and Quince, part 4 of folio 12 from Archetypa Studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii,

1592

Jakob Hoefnagel, Flemish, 1573/75–1630
after Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish, 1542–1601
Published by Jakob Hoefnagel, Flemish, 1573/75–1630
2007-106

Information

Title
Sheet with Butterfly, Apple, and Quince, part 4 of folio 12 from Archetypa Studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii
Dates

1592

Maker
Jakob Hoefnagel
after Joris Hoefnagel
Published by Jakob Hoefnagel
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 15.5 x 20.9 cm. (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 18.5 x 27.2 cm. (7 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2007-106
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Frankfurt

Inscription
Three lines of Latin printed in plate, upper center: Dum inuenilis adest vigor est graue, moxque senecta / Succedente volat leniter, sine praepete penna - Four lines of Latin printed in cartouche, center: Domine atque Deus, nostrorum sancta parentum, / Collaudant nomen cuncta create tuum. / Caelum, terra, fretum, fonts, et flumina: et in se / Hac ingens mundi machina quid quid habet. Numbered in plate, lower left and right corners: .12. / 4
Reference Numbers
Hollstein 62
Culture
European, Flemish
Type
prints, engravings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
flowers, studies (visual works), fruit, insects, butterflies

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