Joris Hoefnagel

Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

part of a book, part of a series

Joris Hoefnagel, Rosenwald album (De vier elementen)

pagina 1 van deel: Terra- Animalia Quadrupedia et Reptilia, dat onderdeel uitmaakt van manuscript: De vier elementen

Support/medium

parchment (animal material), aquarel paint (watercolor), gouache (paint)
ovaal in bladgroud

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 143 x 184 mm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

inscription upper center: ELEPHANTUS INDICUS NON CURAT CULICES
boven ovaal
number center right: I.
naast ovaal

Current attribution: Joris Hoefnagel

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1575-1585 (1575 - 1585)

enkele bladen bevatten jaartallen van 1575 tot en met 1582. Sommige bladen zijn wellicht al ietwat eerder ontstaan en sommige nog na 1582 vervaardigd.

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Indische olifant
Other (former) title Other title(s) or name(s) which the work of art has had, or by which it is also known. This sometimes involves rejected identifications of the subject or sitter.: ELEPHANTUS INDICUS NON CURAT CULICES
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: animal painting (genre), elephant, cartouche

Collection(s)

Rudolf II of Habsburg - Holy Roman Emperor, Prague
1590 - 1612 waarschijnlijk door Hoefnagel aan keizer Rudolf II gepresenteerd aan het begin van zijn dienstbetrekking bij de keizer ca. 1590
Private collection
München; volgens Nagler
1830 - ca. 1830
private collection Anton Niggl, Bad Tölz
in literatuur vermeld als Tulz, waarmee waarschijnlijk Bad Tölz bedoeld wordt
1842 - gesignaleerd
private collection Karl August von Brentano, Augsburg
- 1861-10-28 geveild
private collection F.S. Eliot, London
1861-10-28 - ná 28 oktober 1861
private collection Henry Huth, London
- 1878 overleden 1878, door vererving aan zijn zoon Alfred Henry Huth
private collection Alfred Henry Huth, London
1878 - 1913-06-02 1878 verworven bij overlijden van zijn vader; geveild in juni 1913
private collection Richard Schwerdt, Old Alresford House (Hampshire)
1913 - 1946-03-11 in of na 1913 [=veilingdatum]; geveild maart 1946
A.S.W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
1946 - in of na 1946 [=veilingdatum)
private collection Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown (Pennsylvania)
- 1979 overleden in 1979, hierna in bezit van zijn weduwe
private collection Mrs Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe
1979 - 1987 1979 nagelaten door haar echtgenoot; 1987 geschonken aan National Gallery of Art Washington
National Gallery of Art (Washington), Washington (D.C.) , inv./cat.nr 1987.20.6.2
schenking Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald 1987
1987 -

Auction(s)

Kunst-Auction Rudolph Weigel, Leipzig, 1861-10-28, lotnr. 2220-a-d

als 272 bladen
Sotheby's, Londen (Engeland), 1913-06-02 - 1913-06-06, lotnr. 3722
Contributor: Alfred Henry Huth
Sotheby's, Londen (Engeland), 1946-03-11 - 1946-03-12, lotnr. 2216
Contributor: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt
Name buyer : Rosenbach Co., 4000

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/RKD/0674 - ONK/Still Life Documentation Sam Segal/Netherlands (upon request) (img.nr. 0000183180)

Project: Segal Still-Life Project

Permalink: https://rkd.nl/explore/images/120553

Creation date: 2009-03-12; Last modified date: 2021-12-14

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