Jacob Hoefnagel

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

Maker

Title

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

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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

Place

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany

Type

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2006.117.3

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"

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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

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany
I/VI

Exhibition History

Jacob Hoefnagel

Riddle: my skin is red and white liquid is hidden within (Aenigma: Rubra mihi cutis est, latet intus niveus humor)

Jacob Hoefnagel

The locusts have no king yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27
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