# Joris Hoefnagel

Netherlandish, 1542–1600; born in Antwerp; died in Vienna

Hoefnagel, the son of an Antwerp diamond merchant, travelled widely through Europe, making topographical drawings that were engraved for the city atlas Civitates orbis terrarum. He became court miniaturist first to Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria and later to Emperor Rudolf II. His meticulous watercolours of insects, flowers and animals on vellum, made with scientific precision, mark an early high point of natural history illustration and anticipate the Netherlandish flower still life.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-with-flowers-a-snail-and-insects-met-382608), Joris Hoefnagel, 1589. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Forum Vulcani: The Hot Springs at Pozzuoli](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/forum-vulcani-the-hot-springs-at-pozzuoli-nga-54196), Joris Hoefnagel, 1578. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Plate 13: Yellow Swallowtail and Red Admiral Butterflies with a Dragonfly (Broad-Bodied Chaser?)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plate-13-yellow-swallowtail-and-red-admiral-butterflies-with-nga-69674), Joris Hoefnagel, c.1575/1590s. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.