Plate 25: Two Wild Goats

Hoefnagel's use of watercolor and gold paint on parchment achieves a detailed, soft appearance. The watercolor technique likely involved layering washes to build up the colors and achieve the desired level of precision.

As a Flemish artist, Hoefnagel was among the last practitioners of manuscript illumination. His work reflects the era's focus on observational accuracy and contributed to the development of topographical and still-life genres in northern Europe.