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The image features an oversized halved fruit with leaves at the bottom left, a central ornate flower with curling petals, and a large grasshopper on the right. The color palette is primarily black and white, with varying shades of grey. Positioned in the middle is the elaborate flower, while the grasshopper is to the right. The fruit is in the lower left, and a toad with distinct markings is near the flower's stem. Various insects, including bees, a beetle, and a dragonfly, as well as different plants and flowers, are scattered throughout. A Latin inscription is at the top, and "MACARONEA" is below the central objects with more Latin text.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 3, Plate 10]
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
- Accession number
- 1987.20.9.37
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald
- Time span
- 1551 to 1600
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 3, Plate 10]
Subjects and terms
- animal
- Flemish
- engraving
Provenance
Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald [1893-1988], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.
NGA object ID 224590. 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.