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Insects and the Head of a Wind God
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Insects and the Head of a Wind God

ca. 1590–1600

Medium

Pen and brown ink, colored washes, gold paint, on vellum

Dimensions

4 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (12 x 17.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Darwin S. Morse, 1963

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Joris Hoefnagel

1542–1601Habsburg Netherlands

Comment on works: Miniatures: Landscapes; Nature; Plants; Animals; Portraits