Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 1, Title Page]
Jacob Hoefnagel after Joris Hoefnagel
published 1592
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
page size: 24.1 × 32.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.) plate: 15.5 × 20.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald
Accession Number
1987.20.9.1
About the Artist
Jacob Hoefnagel after Joris Hoefnagel
**Jacob Hoefnagel (1573–c. 1632)** Born in Antwerp and baptized on 25 December 1573, Jacob Hoefnagel was the eldest son of the renowned Flemish miniaturist and natural history painter Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601) and Susanna van Onsem. The family fled the city following the devastating Sack of Antwerp in 1576, which depleted their merchant fortunes in diamonds and luxury goods. Unlike his self-tau...