Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii
published 1592
Medium
bound volume with 52 engravings on laid paper; divided into four sequences of 12 leaves each, each sequence preceded by a title leaf
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
Volume
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald
Accession Number
1987.20.9
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...