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Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, part 3, plate 4
Jacob Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, 1575–1630)
After: Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1542–1601)
Possibly by: Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, 1561–1623)
After: Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1542–1601)
Possibly by: Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, 1561–1623)
Netherlandish
1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: about 15.7 × 20.8 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
Sheet: about 18.6 × 27.3 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Sheet: about 18.6 × 27.3 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Barbara K. Wheaton
Accession Number2022.71
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Vignau-Wilberg (pp. 85-3), i / viii
DescriptionThis is plate 4 from part 3 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])
Marks
Watermark: Eagle with spread wings (unread countermark)
InscriptionsIn plate, in image, at upper center: Aenigma
In plate, at lower left: 4
In plate, at lower center: Est mihi dura caro rugosa veste voluta. / Includor corii tegmine phoenicei, / Exterius natura hirto muniuit echino, / Mensam orno panis dum vice solvo famen
In plate, at lower left: 3
In plate, at lower left: 4
In plate, at lower center: Est mihi dura caro rugosa veste voluta. / Includor corii tegmine phoenicei, / Exterius natura hirto muniuit echino, / Mensam orno panis dum vice solvo famen
In plate, at lower left: 3
ProvenanceFebruary 2006, sold by Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York, to the Hearn Family Trust, New York; consigned by the Hearn Family Trust to Susan Schulman Fine Art; 2022, sold by Susan Schulman Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 2022)