Plate 32: A Green-Winged Teal, a Juvenile Green Woodpecker, and Two Other Birds, 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

1987.20.8.33

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

Upper center in (gold?): In cogitatione tua Regi ne detrahas, et In secreto cubile tui ne / maledixeris diviti, quia et AVES Coeli portabu[n]t voce[m] tuam.Ecc[es] 10. (“Detract not the king, no not in your thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in your private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry your voice.” Ecclesiastes 10:20) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in (gold?) XXXII; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3., and .4., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Parua loquax Volucris divum te Voce saluto / Si me non Videris esse negabis avem. / co[n]venit magis Picis [not deciphered] 79.; lower center in red/violet ink: Magna est super COELOS misericordia tua; Et / usq[ue] ad nubes veritas tua.ps: 107. (“For your mercy is great above the heavens and your truth even unto the clouds.” Psalms 107:5) (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.