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The image shows an array of detailed illustrations including a mouse, a butterfly, a rose, a snail, and a lily as the largest objects. The color palette consists of shades of black and gray in an engraving style. Positioned centrally is the mouse surrounded by a butterfly and dragonfly above it, a rose to the left, and a lily to the right. At the bottom, various small insects and plant parts, such as pods and seeds, are arranged, along with text both at the top and bottom of the image.
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The image shows an array of detailed illustrations including a mouse, a butterfly, a rose, a snail, and a lily as the largest objects. The color palette consists of shades of black and gray in an engraving style. Positioned centrally is the mouse surrounded by a butterfly and dragonfly above it, a rose to the left, and a lily to the right. At the bottom, various small insects and plant parts, such as pods and seeds, are arranged, along with text both at the top and bottom of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 3]

Jacob Hoefnagel after Joris Hoefnagel

Date
published 1592
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
page size: 24.1 × 32.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.) plate: 15.5 × 20.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1987.20.9.4
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 3]

Subjects and terms

  • animal
  • Flemish
  • engraving
Provenance

Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald [1893-1988], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

NGA object ID 224557. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.