1594
gouache
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Plate 6: A Variety of Oxen with a Ram and a Water Buffalo(?) by a Plane Tree is a 1594 gouache by Joris Hoefnagel, a Renaissance work, depicting Oxen, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows five farm animals standing under a plane tree. The oxen have sleek coats in warm browns and tans. Gold highlights catch the light on their horns and hooves. Joris Hoefnagel painted this during a time when artists traveled to study animals and plants. He often added gold to make colors pop and show wealth. The ram stands apart, watching the others. See more of Hoefnagel’s work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Joris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel (1542 – 24 July 1601) was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant.
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