Ipsa dies aperit: conficit ipsa dies. (One day brings forth [a flower], and the same day ends it [on the flower].), part I, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"

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Ipsa dies aperit: conficit ipsa dies. (One day brings forth [a flower], and the same day ends it [on the flower].), part I, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
Ipsa dies aperit: conficit ipsa dies. (One day brings forth [a flower], and the same day ends it [on the flower].), part I, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
Ipsa dies aperit: conficit ipsa dies. (One day brings forth [a flower], and the same day ends it [on the flower].), part I, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"

Ipsa dies aperit: conficit ipsa dies. (One day brings forth [a flower], and the same day ends it [on the flower].), part I, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"

Maker (b. 1575, Antwerp, Belgium – d. ca. 1630, Netherlands)
Maker (b. 1528, Liège, Belgium – d. 1598, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Maker (b. 1542, Antwerp, Belgium – d. 1601, Vienna, Austria)
Datepublished 1592
MediumEngraving
Dimensionssheet: 10 15/16 in. x 14 in. (27.8 cm x 35.6 cm); platemark: 6 1/4 in. x 8 1/2 in. (15.9 cm x 21.6 cm); image: 5 15/16 in. x 8 1/4 in. (15.1 cm x 21 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum purchase, The Dorothy Johnston Towne (Class of 1923) Fund
Object number2016.21
Status
Not on view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Ne humanis rationibus divina opera curiosius excutiamus sed ex operibus manuducti admiremur artificem. (Let us not investigate God’s works inquisitively using human reasoning; but, guided by the works, let us admire instead the artist.) Cervellum nobis frangunt gridando Cicadae: Vexat mastinos Musca tavana canes. (The cicadas shatter our brains with their chirping; a horsefly can harass blood-hounds [on the fly].), part III, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Ne humanis rationibus divina opera curiosius excutiamus sed ex operibus manuducti admiremur artificem. (Let us not investigate God’s works inquisitively using human reasoning; but, guided by the works, let us admire instead the artist.) Cervellum nobis frangunt gridando Cicadae: Vexat mastinos Musca tavana canes. (The cicadas shatter our brains with their chirping; a horsefly can harass blood-hounds [on the fly].), part III, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592
Image Not Available for Nasci. Pati. Mori. (Birth, suffering, death.) Exanimat tenuis mures. Ut noxa salaces: sic modico casu lubrica vita perit. (A trifling injury kills the lustful mice: thus this uncertain life is lost through a simple accident.), part II, plate 8, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Nasci. Pati. Mori. (Birth, suffering, death.) Exanimat tenuis mures. Ut noxa salaces: sic modico casu lubrica vita perit. (A trifling injury kills the lustful mice: thus this uncertain life is lost through a simple accident.), part II, plate 8, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592
Octipedem ne excites. (Don’t wake an eight-foot [on the scorpion]) Scorpius irata tactus dat vulnera cauda. (When it is touched, the scorpion inflicts wounds with its irate tail.), part IV, plate 4, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Octipedem ne excites. (Don’t wake an eight-foot [on the scorpion]) Scorpius irata tactus dat vulnera cauda. (When it is touched, the scorpion inflicts wounds with its irate tail.), part IV, plate 4, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592
Per tal variare Natura e bella. (Through such variety nature is beautiful.) Alea parva Nuces, et non damnosa videtur: Saepe tamen pueris abstulit illa nates. (Gambling with nuts is thought a harmless game; but it has often raised the boys’ buttocks [=boys have been beated on the buttocks]), part II, plate 12, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Per tal variare Natura e bella. (Through such variety nature is beautiful.) Alea parva Nuces, et non damnosa videtur: Saepe tamen pueris abstulit illa nates. (Gambling with nuts is thought a harmless game; but it has often raised the boys’ buttocks [=boys have been beated on the buttocks]), part II, plate 12, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592
Frontispiece, "Pars Tertia," from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Frontispiece, "Pars Tertia," from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592
Image Not Available for Dies I (Day 1), from the series "The Creation of the World"
Jan Harmensz Mullerafter Hendrick Goltzius
Dies I (Day 1), from the series "The Creation of the World"
1589
Image Not Available for Dies II (Day 2), from the series "The Creation of the World"
Jan Harmensz Mullerafter Hendrick Goltzius
Dies II (Day 2), from the series "The Creation of the World"
1589
Image Not Available for Dies III (Day 3), from the series "The Creation of the World"
Jan Harmensz Mullerafter Hendrick Goltzius
Dies III (Day 3), from the series "The Creation of the World"
1589
Image Not Available for Dies IV (Day 4), from the series "The Creation of the World"
Jan Harmensz Mullerafter Hendrick Goltzius
Dies IV (Day 4), from the series "The Creation of the World"
1589
Image Not Available for Dies V (Day 5), from the series "The Creation of the World"
Jan Harmensz Mullerafter Hendrick Goltzius
Dies V (Day 5), from the series "The Creation of the World"
1589
Christ is shot by a mugger with a hand gun and dies, from the series "Christ in New York"
Duane Michals
Christ is shot by a mugger with a hand gun and dies, from the series "Christ in New York"
1981
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Paul DelvauxFernand MourlotGalerie Le Bateau Lavoir
By Ends of the Earth
1968