Hoefnagel, G. - Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 2.2.

Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured. = A fine plate of this very rare work which comprises four parts with 48 plates in all. All plates are very uncommon, if not rare. This plate illustrates a praying mantis, a wild red rose, a daffodil, several other flowers, an icicle radish, a spider, a woodlouse, caterpillars, a snail, two flies, and other insects, etc. This work is generally renowned for its finely executed entomological illustrations. The title, Aeternum florida virtus, means Eternally blooming virtue. Joris (Georgius) Hoefnagel (1542-1601) produced the Archetypa during his 'Frankfurt period' which was between 1591 and 1594. "The Archetypa were engraved as a reproduction of a collection of models and served in turn as a pattern book for other artists" (quote from Archetypa Studiaque Patris... Nature, Poetry and Science in Art around 1600, by Thea Vignau-Wilberg, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, 1994). Some very weak marginal soiling. A fine, strong, accurately coloured print in excellent condition. Hollstein, IX, 17-64; Horn-Schenkling, 10472; Nissen ZBI, 1954.

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