Dragonfly and spider, with insects

Date

1630

Creator

Jacob Hoefnagel (1575, Flemish) , Engraver

Object type

print
digital

Library reference

40489

Material

paper
ink

Technique

engraving

Dimensions

height (print): 201mm
width (print): 300mm

Subject

Biology
> Entomology

Content object

nature
> animal
> insect

Description

Entomological studies of insects arranged around a spider, possibly the House spider Eratigena atrica (top) and dragonfly, apparently a type of Hawker. (below). Twenty eight insects and spiders are shown, including a Peacock butterfly Aglais io, (centre right) and a Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni (centre left).

c (Amsterdam, Nicolao Ioannis Visscher, 1630).

The plate is numbered, ‘12’, lower right.

Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-c.1630) Flemish artist and engraver, the son of Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601) Flemish artist.