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Joris Hoefnagel: Leda and the swan
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
Leda and the swan
Description
Leda and the Swan, surrounded by flora and fauna including a Stargazer Lily (Lilium 'Stargazer'), a Common Lizard (Lacerta vivipara), a Common Pear (Pyrus communis), a stem of Pinks (Dianthus caryophyllus), a Chater Beetle (?) (Cetonia aurata), a Moor Frog (Rana arvalis), a Garden Snail (Helix aspersa), a Peach (Prunus persica) and a Conch Shell
Date 1591
date QS:P571,+1591-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Distemper on vellum mounted on panel
Dimensions height: 125 mm (4.92 in); width: 185 mm (7.28 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,125U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,185U174789
Inscriptions signed and dated '.G. .HF. 1.5.91.' and inscribed 'Olorinis Leda recubans sub alis' [Leda reclining under the wings of the swan]
Notes Christie's sale of 25 January 2007 New York lot 50
Source/Photographer https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/georg-hoefnagel-called-joris-hoefnagel-antwerp-1542-1600-4856069-details.aspx
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