Plate 29: Geese with Poppies and a Cyclamen, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier)

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

1987.20.8.30

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

Upper center in (gold?): Species COELI gloria stellarum, mundum / Illuminans In excelsis dominus Ecc[us] .43: (“The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlightens the world on high.” Ecclesiasticus 43:10) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in (gold?): XXIX.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Omnes dii gentium d[a]emonia.Dominus / autem Coelos fecit. ps: 95: -- (“For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils; but the Lord made the heavens.” Psalms 95:5) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in red/violet ink: Domine, dominus noster, quam admirabile est nome[n] tuum / In universa terra: quoniam elevata est magnificentia tua /super COELOS.ps: 8. (“O Lord our Lord, how admirable is your name in the whole earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.” Psalms 8:2) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing J., Mrs.

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.