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Jacob Hoefnagel

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

Description

Maker

Jacob Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1575 - c.a. 1630), designer
Possibly Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, 1528-1598), associated artist/maker
After Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, 1542-1600), associated artist/maker

Title

Riddle: my skin is red, and white liquid is hidden within (Aenigma: Rubra mihi cutis est, latet intus niveus humor)
part 3, sheet 7 Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii

Year

1592

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany

Dimensions

Plate: 15.5 x 20.9 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

top: "Aenigma / Rubra mihi cutis est, latet intus niveus humor,
os pro corde gero, semen et illud habet" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: Riddle: my skin is red, and white liquird is hidden within. I have a mouth instead of heart, and it bears seads [on the mushroom].

bottom: "Rumpimus altricem tenero de vertice terram
Tubem: boletis proxima poma sumus" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: We truffles purst the nourishing earth with our tender heads. We are a fruit similar to the mushroom)

numbered 7 lower left, and 3 lower right.

Identification

State

I/VI

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2006.117.1

Type

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Jacob Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1575 - c.a. 1630), designer
Possibly Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, 1528-1598), associated artist/maker
After Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, 1542-1600), associated artist/maker
Riddle: my skin is red, and white liquid is hidden within (Aenigma: Rubra mihi cutis est, latet intus niveus humor); part 3, sheet 7 Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, 1592
Engraving on paper
Plate: 15.5 x 20.9 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches)
Walter H. Kimball Fund 2006.117.1

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