Joris Hoefnagel, Insects, c. 1590-1600

Insects and the Head of a Wind God, c.1590-1600, by Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, 1542–1601). Medium: Pen and brown ink, colored washes, gold paint, on vellum. Dimensions: 12 x 17.3 cm. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 63.200.4 (public domain).

References: Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, The School of Prague, Painting at the Court of Rudolph II. Chicago and London, 1988, cat. no. 10.2. Fritz Koreny, Albrecht Dürer and the Animal and Plant Studies. Boston, 1988, cat. no. 39.1. Eliska Fuciková, ed., Rudolf II and Prague: The Court and the City. Exh. cat. (London, 1997), cat. no. I.206.