Jacob Hoefnagel

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. Isaiah 40

Maker

Jacob Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1575 - c.a. 1630)
After Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, 1542-1600), designer
Workshop of Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, 1528-1598), engraver (printmaker)

Title

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. Isaiah 40
from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"

Year

1592

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany

Dimensions

Sheet: 20.2 x 27.2 cm (7 15/16 x 10 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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"Qui sedet super gyrum terrae et habitatores eius sunt sicut locustae Isa[ias] 40" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. Isaiah 40, 22)

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"Sola perpetuo manent subiecta nulli mentis atque animi bona. florem decoris singuli carpunt dies" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: Only those goods are lasting that are subject to no one either in mind or in spirit. The flower of beauty withers day by day. [last line from Seneca, Octavia, 562]

numbered 4 in the lower left corner and 1 in the lower right corner

Identification

State

I/VI

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2006.117.3

Type

Exhibition History

A Chorus of Chirps, Hums, and Buzzes
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Gallery
May 24, 2019 – Nov 10, 2019

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Tombstone

Jacob Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1575 - c.a. 1630)
After Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, 1542-1600), designer
Workshop of Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, 1528-1598), engraver (printmaker)
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. Isaiah 40; from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii", 1592
Engraving on paper
Sheet: 20.2 x 27.2 cm (7 15/16 x 10 11/16 inches)
Walter H. Kimball Fund 2006.117.3

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