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RISDM 2006-117-2.tif

Jacob Hoefnagel

The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27,

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Title

The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27

Medium

engraving

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Dimensions

Plate: 14.6 x 21 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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"Regem locustae non habent et egreditur universa per turmas suas. pro[verbia]28" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27)

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"Quod in fructibus humor, hoc in hominibus est amor" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: What the juice is in a fruit, love is to men)

numbered 12 in the left corner and 1 in the right corner

Identification

State

I/VI

Place

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany

Type

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2006.117.2

About

The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii, Frankfurt, 1592

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"Regem locustae non habent et egreditur universa per turmas suas. pro[verbia]28" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank. Proverbs 30, 27)

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"Quod in fructibus humor, hoc in hominibus est amor" (trans. Thea Vignau-Wilberg: What the juice is in a fruit, love is to men)

numbered 12 in the left corner and 1 in the right corner

Place Made: Frankfurt am Main; Place Made: Germany
I/VI

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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