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Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 12]

Jacob Hoefnagel after Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a variety of objects, including a butterfly, a grasshopper, and a dragonfly. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black, white, and gray. The butterfly is in the upper right corner, the grasshopper is below and to the left, and the dragonfly is above the grasshopper. Other objects in the image include a snail, seed pods, pieces of fruit, a small fly near the snail, a ladybug in the bottom right corner, and a caterpillar in the top right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
published 1592
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
7161 × 5095 px
Public Domain
Yes
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