1594
gouache
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Plate 51: Grasshoppers and a Caterpillar with a Four O'Clock Flower is a 1594 gouache by Joris Hoefnagel, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a bright pink flower with a long stem. Nearby, a blue and brown butterfly sits on the ground. To the right, a green grasshopper and a fuzzy caterpillar hang from a thin branch. The flower looks like a four o’clock bloom—it only opens in late afternoon. The artist used gold paint around the edges to make it look fancy. Look up watercolor, glazing to see how artists build up colors like this.
Joris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel (1542 – 24 July 1601) was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant.
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