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Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 4, Plate 2]

Jacob Hoefnagel

1592

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Fruit

Dominant colour

Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 4, Plate 2] is a 1592 ink by Jacob Hoefnagel, a Renaissance work, depicting Fruit, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacob Hoefnagel
When & what style?: 1592 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This picture shows a branch with big, odd fruits and flowers. The fruits look like oversized melons and berries. Leaves twist around them, and tiny bugs crawl nearby. The whole scene is drawn in black lines on plain paper. The artist made these fruits way bigger than real life. This was a common trick to show how plants *could* grow, not how they do. Want to see more? Look up engraving.

About the artist

Artist

Jacob Hoefnagel

Jacob Hoefnagel (also 'Jacobus', 'Jakob' or 'Jakub") (1573 in Antwerp – c.1632 in Hamburg), was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman, art dealer, diplomat, merchant and politician.

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