File:Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel - Allegory on Life and Death.jpg

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Summary

English: Allegory on Life and Death (

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Artist

Jacob Hoefnagel (1573–1632/1633)
Alternative names	Jan Hoefnagel, Jakob Hoefnagel, Jakub Hoefnagel, Jakub Hufnagel
Description	Flemish painter, drawer, printmaker and miniaturist
Date of birth/death	1575 / 1573	between 2 October 1632 and 6 April 1633 date QS:P,+1632-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1632-10-02T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1633-04-06T00:00:00Z/11 / circa 1632 / before 1633 date QS:P,+1633-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1633-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Dutch Republic or Hamburg (?)
Work period	from 1590 until 1630 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Vienna, Antwerp, Prague, Stockholm, Northern Netherlands, Hamburg (1621-1630)
Authority file	: Q1389562 VIAF: 95749027 ISNI: 0000000118163033 ULAN: 500011170 LCCN: nr95012016 WGA: h/hoefnage/jacob WorldCat

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Alternative names	Georg Hoefnagel, Georg Hoeffnagel, Joris Houfnagel, Georg Houfnaglius, Georg Hueffnagel, Georg Hufnagel, Joris Hufnagel, Georg Huffnagel, Joris Huffnagel
Description	Flemish painter, manuscript illuminator, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	1542	9 September 1600 / 24 July 1601
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Prague
Work period	from 1561 until 1600 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1561-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Tours (1561), Poitiers (1561), Spain (1567), England (1569), London (between circa 1568 and circa 1570 date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1568-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ) Antwerp (1570–1576), Italy (1577–1578), Munich (1578–1591), Prague, Vienna (circa 1590–1599)
Authority file	: Q1388840 VIAF: 42143324 ISNI: 0000000094600461 ULAN: 500024336 LCCN: n91119718 NLA: 44597159 WorldCat

Title

English: Allegory on Life and Death

Object type

drawing

Description

English: Allegory on Life and Death, attributed to: Jacob Hoefnagel (the figure and landscape within the oval) and Joris Hoefnagel (animals, insects and plants on the border); an oval panel containing a child seated in front of a rose bush holding a skull and an hour-glass, surrounded by dead roses, insects and animals, including a frog, a mouse and a stag-beetle

Date

circa 1598

Medium

Bodycolour and watercolour with gold leaf on vellum

Dimensions

height: 16.8 cm (6.6 in); width: 23.6 cm (9.2 in)

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Source/Photographer

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1997-0712-56

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