Museum Exhibition
Little Beasts: Art Wonder and the Natural World
National Gallery of Art
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Collaert, Adriaen
A Giraffe, a Chameleon, a Civet, and an Antelope
c. 1597
engraving on laid paper
plate: 12.2 × 18.8 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 12.6 × 19.3 cm (4 15/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
View artwork at the museumFeatured works
Ligozzi, Jacopo
A Groundhog or Marmot with a Branch of Plums
1605
watercolor and ink with white gouache over traces of graphite on burnished laid paper
sheet: 33 x 42.3 cm (13 x 16 5/8 in.) (paper edge slightly covered by the old mount)
View at museum
Collaert, Adriaen
A Mole, a Badger, a Horned Hare and a Fox
c. 1597
engraving on laid paper
plate: 12.3 × 19 cm (4 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 12.7 × 19.5 cm (5 × 7 11/16 in.)
View at museum
Hoefnagel, Joris
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva)
c. 1575/1590s
1 vol: ill: 58 drawings (incl.title page) in watercolor and gold paint on parchment, alternating with pages of inscriptions in ink on laid paper; 1 plate (VII) with gold border only
page size: 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
View at museum
Hoefnagel, Joris
Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)
c. 1575/1590s
bound volume with 71 plates: 70 drawings (incl.title page) in watercolor and gold paint on parchment , and one plate (LXXI) with gold border only, alternating with pages of inscriptions in ink on laid paper
page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
View at museum
Hoefnagel, Joris
Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)
c. 1575/1590s
bound volume of 78 drawings (incl.title page) in watercolor and gold paint on parchment, alternating with pages of ink inscriptions on paper; 2 plates (III, IV) with gold border only (80 total decorated pages)
page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
View at museum60 documented works in this exhibition
View all 60 documented works