1594
gouache
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Plate 52: Four Grasshoppers is a 1594 gouache by Joris Hoefnagel, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows four grasshoppers in different colors and poses. They are drawn in a circle, with two on the left and two on the right. The grasshoppers are brown, green, and pink, and they have long legs and wings. The artist used watercolor and gold paint to create a detailed and colorful image. The grasshoppers are drawn in a realistic style, with attention to their texture and shape. If you want to learn more about this style of art, check out 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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