Vignette for the Title Page of Martinus Bonacina, Opera Omnia

Cornelis Galle I after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing featuring a symmetrical arrangement with classical themes and imagery. The composition includes an ornate oval frame at the center containing a scene of a hen on a nest, flanked by two busts in profile with winged helmets. Above the central scene are an owl on the left, a vessel with a ribbon reading "NOCTE INCUBANDO" in the center, and a rooster on a helmet on the right. The bottom portion includes crossed musical instruments and a caduceus beneath framing ribbons. The style resembles emblematic and allegorical designs from the Renaissance or Baroque periods, featuring intricate linework and shading.