Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Plate 5]

Jacob Hoefnagel, after Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

This print features insects and plant elements arranged together. A moth with spread wings is on the left, with a flower stem hanging down above it. In the center is a large beetle, and there is another flower stem on the right. A snail with a spiral shell is below the moth on the left side, and a carrot with leaves is on the bottom right, under another beetle or roach. In the bottom center appears to be an apple cut in half, with a fly and a spider nearby. The print uses fine black lines on an off-white background. Some of the plants and creatures seem to cast shadows on the paper behind them. They are all surrounded by a thin rectangular outline, and there are lines of text at the top and bottom of the print.