A Katydid, a Fly, a Bee, and a Fulgoroid by Joris Hoefnagel|Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, gray wash, gouache, and watercolor

Dimensions

sheet: 1 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (4.7 x 23.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Catherine G. Curran, 2008

Accession Number

2008.424

Tags

InsectsBees

About the Artist

Joris Hoefnagel|Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century · 15421600

Joris Hoefnagel, also known as Georg Hoefnagel, was born in 1542 in Antwerp to Jacob Hoefnagel, a prosperous diamond and luxury goods dealer, and Elisabeth Vezelaer, daughter of the Antwerp mint master. Intended for the family trade, he received a humanistic education, mastering languages, poetry, and music, but pursued art as a self-taught draftsman and miniaturist, receiving his first lessons fr...

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