Artwork

Plate 45: Lobster, Squilla Mantis, and Other Crustaceans

Plate 45: Lobster, Squilla Mantis, and Other Crustaceans, by Joris Hoefnagel, gouache, 1594
Plate 45: Lobster, Squilla Mantis, and Other Crustaceans, by Joris Hoefnagel, gouache, 1594

Plate 45: Lobster, Squilla Mantis, and Other Crustaceans is a gouache drawing by the Renaissance artist Joris Hoefnagel. It dates from 1594 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Joris Hoefnagel

Artist

Joris Hoefnagel

Joris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel (1542 – 24 July 1601) was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant.

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