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
Rights
Public Domain
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...