Damselfly 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 damselfly. Eighteen insects are shown, with six spiders and harvestmen. The former include two other damselflies, a dragonfly, a wasp and a large beetle, probably the Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha (lower right).
Plate 6 from the collection Diversae insectarum volatilium icones ad vivum accuratissime depictae, by Jacob Hoefnagel (Amsterdam, Nicolao Ioannis Visscher, 1630).
The plate is numbered, ‘6’, lower right.
Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-c.1630) Flemish artist and engraver, the son of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601) Flemish artist.
Plate 6 from the collection Diversae insectarum volatilium icones ad vivum accuratissime depictae, by Jacob Hoefnagel (Amsterdam, Nicolao Ioannis Visscher, 1630).
The plate is numbered, ‘6’, lower right.
Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-c.1630) Flemish artist and engraver, the son of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601) Flemish artist.