Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, part 3, plate 4
Jacob Hoefnagel
(Netherlandish, 1575–1630)
Joris Hoefnagel
(Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1542–1601)
Johann Theodor de Bry
(Netherlandish, 1561–1623)
1592
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: about 15.7 × 20.8 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
Sheet: about 18.6 × 27.3 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Sheet: about 18.6 × 27.3 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Barbara K. Wheaton
Accession number2022.71
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, in image, at upper center: Aenigma
In plate, at lower left: 4
In plate, at lower center: Est mihi dura caro rugosa veste voluta. / Includor corii tegmine phoenicei, / Exterius natura hirto muniuit echino, / Mensam orno panis dum vice solvo famen
In plate, at lower left: 3ProvenanceFebruary 2006, sold by Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York, to the Hearn Family Trust, New York; consigned by the Hearn Family Trust to Susan Schulman Fine Art; 2022, sold by Susan Schulman Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 2022)