Joris_Hoefnagel_-_Animalia_Rationalia_et_Insecta_(Ignis)-_Plate_II.jpg

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Description
English: Joris Hoefnagel, Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)- Plate II , watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum, page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cmNational Gallery of Art Washington

From the series called Animalia rationalia et insecta (ignis); Animalia quadrupedia et reptilia (terra) ; Animalia aquatilia et conchiliata (aqua); and Animalia volatilia et amphibia (aier) (also referred to as the Four Elements )
Date circa 1575
date QS:P,+1575-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
/1580
Source http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.69691.html
Author
Joris Hoefnagel (1542–) wikidata:Q1388840 s:en:Author:Joris Hoefnagel
Joris Hoefnagel
Alternative names
Georg Hoefnagel, Georg Hoeffnagel, Joris Houfnagel, Georg Houfnaglius, Georg Hueffnagel, Georg Hufnagel, Joris Hufnagel, Georg Huffnagel, Joris Huffnagel
Description Flemish painter, manuscript illuminator , drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1542 Edit this at Wikidata 9 September 1600 / 24 July 1601 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Prague
Work period from 1561 until 1600
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1561-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Tours (1561), Poitiers (1561), Spain (1567), England (1569), London (between circa 1568 and circa 1570
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1568-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
) Antwerp (1570–1576), Italy (1577–1578), Munich (1578–1591), Prague , Vienna (circa 1590–1599)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q1388840

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Children of Petrus Gonsalvus (c. 1575) by Joris Hoefnagel. Watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

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