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Nunquam Efficies ut Recte Incedant Cancri
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, part 4, plate 6
Nunquam Efficies ut Recte Incedant Cancri
Jacob Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, 1575–1630)
After: Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1542–1601)
After: Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1542–1601)
Netherlandish
1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving with hand coloring
Credit Line
Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession Number69.215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dunthorne 046, 17-64; Nissen
DescriptionThis is plate 6 from part 4 of Joris Hoefnagel's Archetypes and Studies, which consists of 48 plates in 4 parts. Jacob Hoefnagel, Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii (Francofurti ad Mœnum :[Jacob Hoefnagel], Ann. sal. XCII. [i.e. 1592])
InscriptionsIn plate, in image, at upper center: Nunquam effigies ut recte incedant / cancri …
In plate, at lower left: 6
In plate, at lower center: Zodiaci gemino munitum forcipe signum, / Pugnantem Alcidon mordicus arripui, / Et testudineo, gressu, feror octipes, aequor, / Innato, sum foedum luctiferumque malum.
In plate, at lower right: 4
In plate, at lower left: 6
In plate, at lower center: Zodiaci gemino munitum forcipe signum, / Pugnantem Alcidon mordicus arripui, / Et testudineo, gressu, feror octipes, aequor, / Innato, sum foedum luctiferumque malum.
In plate, at lower right: 4