Plate 25: Two Wild Goats, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)

Medium

watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum

Dimensions

page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Accession Number

1987.20.6.26

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in black ink: Insidys Capraeae celeres atq[ue] arte petuntur, / Nam quis eas cursu sequeretur rupibus illas / praecipites veluti saxis pendere videbis. / upper center in (gold?): CAPRA NON PEPERIT, HOEDVS AVTE[M] LVDIT IN TECTO.; center right in black: XXV.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; on rock in lower center of image in (gold?): DI LANA CAPRI; lower center in red ink: CAPRAM PORTARE NON POSSU[M], ET INPONITIS BOVEM.
Facing page: upper center in (gold?): Pendentem summa Capream de rupe videbis: / Casuram speres, decipit illa canes.; lower center in brown ink: Capra calce profundit lac, quod dedit.