Stag beetle with insects and spiders
Date
1630
Creator
Jacob Hoefnagel (1575, Flemish) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
40489
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 201mm
width (print): 300mm
width (print): 300mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Entomological studies of insects and spiders arranged around a centrally placed Stag beetle Lucanus cervus with its wings extended. Seventeen insects are shown, with three spiders. The former include a specimen of praying mantis (lower left) and a mole cricket Gryllotalpa (lower right).
Plate 4 from the collection Diversae insectarum volatilium icones ad vivum accuratissime depictae, by Jacob Hoefnagel (Amsterdam, Nicolao Ioannis Visscher, 1630).
The plate is numbered, ‘4’, lower right.
Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-c.1630) Flemish artist and engraver, the son of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601) Flemish artist.
Plate 4 from the collection Diversae insectarum volatilium icones ad vivum accuratissime depictae, by Jacob Hoefnagel (Amsterdam, Nicolao Ioannis Visscher, 1630).
The plate is numbered, ‘4’, lower right.
Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-c.1630) Flemish artist and engraver, the son of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601) Flemish artist.