1594
gouache
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Plate 57: A Diving Beetle and Two Views of a Backswimmer is a 1594 gouache by Joris Hoefnagel, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting is called Plate 57: A Diving Beetle and Two Views of a Backswimmer. It was made during the Renaissance, a time when artists were very interested in nature and science. The artist used watercolor and gold paint on parchment, which was a common technique back then. You can learn more about this style by looking into the movement: Renaissance.
Joris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel (1542 – 24 July 1601) was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant.
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