Plate 35: A Hound and a Water Spaniel

Creator Name

Joris Hoefnagel

Cultural Context

Date

c.1575/1590s, 1551 to 1600

Source

National Gallery of Art

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Title

Plate 35: A Hound and a Water Spaniel

Creator

Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish, 1542 - 1600, artist

Worktype

Drawing

Cultural Context

Material

watercolor and gold paint on parchment

Dimensions

page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Technique

Language

Date

c.1575/1590s, 1551 to 1600

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald; Donor: Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald; Source: Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

upper center in (gold?): QVID CANI CVM BALNEO.; center right in brown ink: XXXV.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; lower center in (gold?): VT CANIS E NILO. Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Qui canem alit peregrinum, huic praeter / funiculum nihil restat.; lower center in brown ink: Quae laus prima Canum, quibus est audacia pr[a]eceps, / venandiq[ue] sagax virtus, viresq[ue] sequendi.

Location

Flemish

Source

National Gallery of Art

Subjects

Writing; Grass; Dog; Frame; Water

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