Plate 28: A "Tartarine" (Barbary Macaque?) with Fruit and a Snail

Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

There is a brown monkey, blue grapes, two melons, and a cucumber in the image. The color palette consists of earthy tones with browns, yellows, greens, vibrant blue, and purple. The monkey is on the right side, the grapes are at the top near the center, and the melons and cucumber are towards the bottom left. The monkey is crouched with its hands raised, the grapes hang from a vine, and the fruits are placed along the bottom. Radish leaves are visible on the left, and there are Latin inscriptions above and below the circle.