Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, published 1592

Inscription

each print contains plate number in lL and part number in lR; signed and dated on title page for Part I and dated on title page for Part IV; each print also carries a Latin inscription

Provenance

Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald [1893-1988], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

Exhibition History

1999

From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, no. 56, as Emblematic Page from Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii (Frankfurt).

Bibliography

1949

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam, 1953: vol. IX, nos. 17-64.

1999

From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999: no. 56.

2017

Vignau-Wilberg, Thea. Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel: Art and Science around 1600. Berlin, 2017: no. G 11.

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