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The etching features a large cucumber, a moth, a snail, and various flowers and insects in a monochromatic color palette of black and white. The cucumber is partially obscured by leaves on the right side, with the snail on top of it. A moth is at the bottom center, a butterfly near the top center, and other elements such as flowers and insects dispersed throughout the image.
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The etching features a large cucumber, a moth, a snail, and various flowers and insects in a monochromatic color palette of black and white. The cucumber is partially obscured by leaves on the right side, with the snail on top of it. A moth is at the bottom center, a butterfly near the top center, and other elements such as flowers and insects dispersed throughout the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 2, Plate 11]

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
1987.20.9.25
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 2, Plate 11]

Subjects and terms

  • animal
  • Flemish
  • engraving
Provenance

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

NGA object ID 224578. 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.