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Joris Hoefnagel: Allegory for Abraham Ortelius   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Joris Hoefnagel  (1542–)  wikidata:Q1388840 s:en:Author:Joris Hoefnagel
 
Joris Hoefnagel
Alternative names
Georg Hoefnagel, Georg Hoeffnagel, Joris Houfnagel, Georg Houfnaglius, Georg Hueffnagel, Georg Hufnagel, Joris Hufnagel, Georg Huffnagel, Joris Huffnagel
Description Flemish painter, manuscript illuminator, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1542 Edit this at Wikidata 9 September 1600 / 24 July 1601 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Prague
Work period from 1561 until 1600
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1561-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Tours (1561), Poitiers (1561), Spain (1567), England (1569), London (between circa 1568 and circa 1570
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1568-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
) Antwerp (1570–1576), Italy (1577–1578), Munich (1578–1591), Prague, Vienna (circa 1590–1599)
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artist QS:P170,Q1388840
Title
Allegory for Abraham Ortelius
Object type drawing
object_type QS:P31,Q93184
Description
This drawing is an allegorical representation that symbolizes the union of arts and sciences (= Hermathena theme). The owl symbolizes Athena, goddess of wisdom and the staff she holds - a brush with two snakes around - symbolizes Hermes, god of the Fine Arts. The insects and the painting tools are shown with great accuracy. Hoefnagel used shadows to make it appear as if the insects and the objects were lying on the parchment. The Hermathena theme is expressed by various elements such as the caption 'Hermathena' and the motto at the top 'Nobody has an aversion to art, except those who know nothing about it'. Furthermore, through the owl, a symbol of Athena, goddess of wisdom and the staff she holds (two snakes around a brush) - the symbol of Hermes - god of Geometry, Eloquence, Music, Literature and the Fine Arts. The attributes of Hermes are also represented, namely the various instruments that belong to the various art forms: brush, compass, mussel shell with paint residues.
Date 1593
date QS:P571,+1593-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Watercolor, gouache, and gold on parchment
Dimensions height: 118 mm (4.64 in); width: 165 mm (6.49 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,118U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,165U174789
institution QS:P195,Q595802
Source/Photographer https://search.museumplantinmoretus.be/Details/collect/287547
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