Plate 46: Three Grasshoppers
1594
gouache
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1594
gouache
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Three grasshoppers sit on a plain background. Two face left. One faces right. Their legs and wings are painted in fine detail. Gold paint adds a little sparkle. Joris Hoefnagel painted this in the 1500s. It wasn’t just art. It was science too. Scientists used these pictures to name and study insects. Want to see more tiny insects? Look up Hoefnagel, Joris.
