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Jacob Hoefnagel, Orpheus Charming the Animals, 1613. Watercolor and gouache, heightened with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on vellum mounted to panel; bordered in gold. (167 x 211 mm). Preserved in Morgan Library and Museum, New York (1998.22). Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978. Signed and dated at lower left, in gold, "Ja: Houfnagl / 1613". |