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Insects and the Head of a Wind God
Joris Hoefnagel, ca. 1590–1600
- Artist
- Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1542–1600 Vienna)
- Date
- ca. 1590–1600
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, colored washes, gold paint
- Size
- 4 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (12 x 17.3 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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