Inscription
upper center in red ink: I nunc et mitis, simplex innoxius esto / ut citius fias avidorum praeda LVPORVM.; upper center in black ink: NVNQVAM TE FALLA[N]T ANIMI SVB VVLPE LATENTES.; center right in black ink: XXVI.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; tree in image numbered .3., in red ink; banner in upper right of image in (gold?): HOMO HOMINI / LVPVS.; lower center in red ink: FVRE[M]QVE FVR COGNOSCIT, ET LVPVM LVPVS.; lower center in black ink: Lupus est homini homo, non homo, cum qualis sit non nonit.
Facing page: upper center in (gold?): Si Leonina pellis non satis est vulpina est addenda: / Dolus, an virtus, quis in hoste requirat?; lower center in brown ink: Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem: / Quem auribus tenere, periculosum.
Provenance
Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.
Exhibition History
- 1982
- Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, = 1540 - 1680, The Art Museum, Princeton University, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Art, Carnegie Insitute, Pittsburgh (exh. cat. by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, no. 56.
- 1982
- Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540 - 1680, The Art Museum, Princeton University, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Art, Carnegie Insitute, Pittsburgh (exh. cat. by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, no. 56.
Related Content
- Sort by:
- Results layout:
Associated Records
view all-
- Title Page
- 1987.20.6.1
-
- Plate 9: A Donkey and a Mule
- 1987.20.6.10
-
- Plate 10: A Lion and a Civet Cat
- 1987.20.6.11
-
- Plate 11: A Lioness with Two Lions in the Background
- 1987.20.6.12
-
- Plate 12: A Cheetah(?) and a Wild Sheep
- 1987.20.6.13
-
- Plate 13: A Tiger, a Lynx, and a Jaguar(?)
- 1987.20.6.14
-
- Plate 14: A Civet, a Lynx, and a Hyena Eating a Dog
- 1987.20.6.15
-
- Plate 15: A Bear and a Lynx(?)
- 1987.20.6.16
-
- Plate 16: Wild Boar
- 1987.20.6.17
-
- Plate 17: Old World Porcupine (Hystrix) and Wild Pig
- 1987.20.6.18
-
- Plate 18: A Pig with Acorns
- 1987.20.6.19
-
- Plate 1: Elephant with Insects
- 1987.20.6.2
-
- Plate 19: Four Types of Stags
- 1987.20.6.20
-
- Plate 20: Three Types of Stags with a Dormouse(?)
- 1987.20.6.21
-
- Plate 21: Reindeer with Melons
- 1987.20.6.22
-
- Plate 24: A Wild Goat and a Barbary Sheep(?)
- 1987.20.6.25
-
- Plate 25: Two Wild Goats
- 1987.20.6.26
-
- Plate 2: Two Giraffes with an Attendant
- 1987.20.6.3
-
- Plate 30: Two Monkeys
- 1987.20.6.31
-
- Plate 32: Two Monkeys on a Table
- 1987.20.6.33
-
- Plate 33: A "Simivulpa" (Opossum?) and an Ibex
- 1987.20.6.34
-
- Plate 34: Three Dogs, Including a "Mimick"
- 1987.20.6.35
-
- Plate 35: A Hound and a Water Spaniel
- 1987.20.6.36
-
- Plate 36: Two Spotted Hounds
- 1987.20.6.37
-
- Plate 37: Two Spaniels with a Gourd
- 1987.20.6.38
-
- Plate 38: Two Small Dogs with a Crown Imperial
- 1987.20.6.39
-
- Plate 3: Camel, Ibex, and Goat
- 1987.20.6.4
-
- Plate 40: Two Otters and a Beaver
- 1987.20.6.41
-
- Plate 42: Two Genets or Civet Cats with Tulips
- 1987.20.6.43
-
- Plate 43: Mongoose and Badger with Fruit Trees
- 1987.20.6.44
-
- Plate 44: Polecat, Mink, and Ermine
- 1987.20.6.45
-
- Plate 45: Weasels, a Ferret, and a "Nut Mouse"
- 1987.20.6.46
-
- Plate 4: Llama and Moose
- 1987.20.6.5
-
- Plate 52: Two Sand Lizards
- 1987.20.6.53
-
- Plate 56: Two Heads of Cabbage
- 1987.20.6.57
-
- Plate 58: Asps and Vipers
- 1987.20.6.59
-
- Plate 5: An Ox and a Camel
- 1987.20.6.6
-
- Plate 59: Snakes and a Lizard
- 1987.20.6.60
-
- Plate 60: Four Small Snakes
- 1987.20.6.61
-
- Plate 61: Four Snails
- 1987.20.6.62
-
- Plate 62: A Slug with Snails
- 1987.20.6.63
-
- Plate 63: Seven Snails
- 1987.20.6.64
-
- Plate 71: Empty Oval
- 1987.20.6.72
-
- Plate 7: A Bull and a Horned Animal
- 1987.20.6.8
-
- Plate 8: A Cow
- 1987.20.6.9