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.
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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
Print
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.