The Flower Turns to Dust (Flos Cinis)

Joris Hoefnagel, Theodor de Bry1592

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Title: The Flower Turns to Dust (Flos Cinis)
Creator: Jacob Hoefnagel, possibly with Theodor de Bry, after Joris Hoefnagel
Date Created: 1592
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate: “Lilia agros, virtusque vivos, coelum as tra coronant: / ut leo viv fortis dulcé et amore bibit””
Set or Series Title: Archetypes and Studies by Georg Hoefnagel
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2006
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper
Keywords: aphorisms, flowers (plants), proverbs
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Plate eight from Part One of Archetypes and Studies by Georg Hoefnagel (Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 148 mm x 206 mm (5.83 in. x 8.11 in.). Sheet dimensions: 183 mm x 272 mm (7.2 in. x 10.71 in.).
Associated People: Created by Jacob Hoefnagel (Dutch (Flemish), 1573 - ca. 1630), Possibly with Theodor de Bry (German, 1528-1598), After Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1542-1601)
Accession Number: 2006.3.2

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