Joris Hoefnagel
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Joris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant. He is noted for his illustrations of natural history subjects, topographical views, illuminat
Portrait of Joris Hoefnagel, engraving by Jan Sadeler (1592)
A sloth
Venus disarms Amor
Allegory on Life and Death, a collaboration between Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel
Petrus Gonsalvus
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Petrus Gonsalvus was a gentleman in the court of Henry II of France.
Joris Hoefnagel
…insect or reptile with iridescent skin. Natural history studies Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis), Plate I from the Elementa Depicta, picturing Petrus Gonsalvus and wife Catherine, parents of Tognina. The Four Elements Hoefnagel had chosen 'natura magistra' (nature his teacher) as his motto. It reflects his…
Pedro González, painting c. 1580 (Ambras Collection)
Petrus Gonsalvus and his wife Catherine by Joris Hoefnagel
Children of Petrus Gonsalvus by Joris Hoefnagel
Madelene Gonsalvas portrait, 1580, Ambras collection