1594
gouache
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Plate 13: A Tiger, a Lynx, and a Jaguar(?) is a 1594 gouache by Joris Hoefnagel, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows three big cats in different settings. A lynx stands on a tree branch, a tiger on green grass, and a jaguar on yellow grass. Each cat is colored in shades of brown, with spots and stripes. The lynx has a long tail, the tiger a short one, and the jaguar a medium-length tail. The cats are drawn in detail, with texture and shading that makes them look real. The background is off-white, with some gold paint around the cats. If you like this painting, you might want to look up more works by the Renaissance movement.
Joris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel (1542 – 24 July 1601) was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant.
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