Jacob Hoefnagel

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

Maker

Title

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

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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

Place

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany

Type

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2006.117.2

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

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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

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

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