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Joris Hoefnagel

58 works

Joris Hoefnagel was a painter, draftsperson and engraver from the Habsburg Netherlands. Read more

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Watercolor with a mythological medallion of Venus and Cupid surrounded by fruit, insects, a crayfish and butterflies.

"Venus afvæbner Amor" i en medaillon omgivet af planter, frugter, insekter og skaldyr

1593-1597

Watercolor study of a stag beetle surrounded by butterflies, grasshoppers, a dragonfly, a wasp, and a spider, with a wind fac

Insects and the Head of a Wind God

ca. 1590-1600

Watercolor plate of crows, a jackdaw and other perched birds around a gnarled tree with mistletoe, with Latin inscriptions.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXI

1575

Oval miniature of eight numbered birds on rocks and a branch with dark berries, with Latin text above and below.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXII

1575

Watercolor plate of six birds on a bare branch and rock beside water, with a Latin inscription above, by Joris Hoefnagel.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXIII

1575

Painting of two partridges on grass, songbirds on branches, and gourds in an oval border, with red Latin text above.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXIV

1575

Four birds on grassy ground beside a tree stump, with a hazel branch and juniper shrub in an oval painted frame.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXV

1575

Watercolor plate of pigeons and doves on a branch and rooftop, with Latin inscriptions and a leafy sprig at left.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXVI

1575

Watercolor plate by Joris Hoefnagel showing two pigeons on a branch with red apples, a striped gourd and small birds, with La

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXVII

1575

Watercolor plate of numbered swallows and a grey pigeon on a bare tree and wooden perches, with Latin inscriptions.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXVIII

1575

Four hawks and falcons perched among wheat and grasses in an oval frame, with red Latin verse above.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate VI

1575

Hoefnagel plate of nine numbered birds on branches and stumps, including a black crested bird and a woodpecker on a brick wal

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXIX

1575

Pale sheet with a single hand-drawn brown oval outline, empty inside, and the numeral LXX at the right edge.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXX

1575

Empty gold oval outline on cream paper with the Roman numeral LXXI at the right edge.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXXI

1575

Four numbered hawks perched on a wooden rail beside a yellow flowering plant, painted in watercolor within an oval gold borde

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate VII

1575

Hoefnagel plate showing a vulture, a hawk and a buzzard on branches inside a gold oval, with Latin inscriptions.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate VIII

1575

Watercolor plate of numbered fish swimming in an oval of blue water, including a spotted red-finned fish and a dark spiny fis

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXIV

1575

Twelve numbered fish in varied colors swim in blue water inside a gold oval border, with Latin text above.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXV

1575

Watercolor plate of ten numbered fish in pink, brown, blue and green swimming over pale blue water within an oval border.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVI

1575

Watercolor plate of numbered fish species swimming in pale blue water inside a gold oval border, with a Latin inscription abo

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVII

1575

Watercolor of colorful fish swimming in blue water inside a gold oval border, with a Latin caption above.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVIII

1575

Watercolor plate of a whale, sturgeon, shark and smaller fish swimming in an oval frame over rippling blue water.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate II

1575

Watercolor plate of six stingrays and skates swimming over a blue sea, drawn from above, with Roman numeral XXIX.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXIX

1575

Watercolor plate of four rays and flatfish swimming on blue water inside a gold oval border, numbered XXX.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXX

1575

Five flatfish swim over blue waves above a sandy seabed with shells, painted in watercolor on a numbered page.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXI

1575

Watercolor drawing of flatfish, a ray and shells on a sandy seafloor within an oval border, from a 1575 natural history plate

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXII

1575

Watercolor plate of twelve numbered fish, mostly flatfish, swimming over blue water inside a gold oval border.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXIII

1575

Pen and brown ink drawing of a smoking volcanic crater with rocky cliffs and tiny figures on the ground below.

Forum Vulcani: The Hot Springs at Pozzuoli

1578

Hand-colored bird's-eye map of Antwerp with a star-shaped citadel, harbor ships, and four figures in costume at the bottom.

View of Antwerp from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum

1572-94

Red leather book cover with gilt title IGNIS and brass corner clasps, showing wear and scuffing.

Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)

c. 1575/1590s

Hand-painted title page with gilded frame, ribbons and the Latin title Animalia Rationalia et Insecta, with a flame cartouche

Title Page

c.1575/1590s

Two moths in an oval border: a brown moth with blue-banded wings above and an olive hawk moth with red hindwings below.

Blue Underwing Moth and Spurge Hawk Moth (plate 25 from Ignis)

c.1575/1590s

Joris Hoefnagel was a painter, draftsperson and engraver from the Habsburg Netherlands. Joris Hoefnagel was born in Antwerp. Browse 58 works by Joris Hoefnagel from 4 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata