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Jacob Hoefnagel

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

Maker

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

Title

The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, Frankfurt, 1592

Year

1592

Medium

  • Engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Engraving on paper

Materials

engraving

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany

Dimensions

Plate: 14.6 x 21 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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"Regem locustae non habent et egreditur universa per turmas suas. pro[verbia]28" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27)

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"Quod in fructibus humor, hoc in hominibus est amor" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: What the juice is in a fruit, love is to men)

numbered 12 in the left corner and 1 in the right corner

Identification

State

I/VI

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2006.117.2

Type

  • Prints

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), printmaker
The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27; Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, Frankfurt, 1592, 1592
Engraving on paper
Plate: 14.6 x 21 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches)
Walter H. Kimball Fund 2006.117.2

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