A Katydid, a Fly, a Bee, and a Fulgoroid
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
About the Artist
Joris Hoefnagel|Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century · 1542–1600
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...