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The image features a crab at the center with a butterfly on its back, surrounded by plant stems and flowers. The color scheme includes shades of brown and sepia. The crab is central, with the butterfly slightly to the left. A bee hovers to the left of the crab, and a mosquito-like insect is above to the right. Various branches with flowers are visible across the frame, and a lemon is placed in the bottom right corner.
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The image features a crab at the center with a butterfly on its back, surrounded by plant stems and flowers. The color scheme includes shades of brown and sepia. The crab is central, with the butterfly slightly to the left. A bee hovers to the left of the crab, and a mosquito-like insect is above to the right. Various branches with flowers are visible across the frame, and a lemon is placed in the bottom right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 3, Plate 8]

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
1987.20.9.35
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 3, Plate 8]

Subjects and terms

  • animal
  • Flemish
  • engraving
Provenance

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

NGA object ID 224588. 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.