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![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"](/internal/media/dispatcher/3042/thumbnail)
![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"](/internal/media/dispatcher/16934/thumbnail)
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Rampant
Maker
Jacob Kainen
(b. 1909, Waterbury, Connecticut – d. 2001, Chevy Chase, Maryland)
Date1973
MediumLithograph
Dimensionsoverall: 30 1/8 in. x 23 in. (76.5 cm x 58.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Daniel Bush
Object number2002.122
Status
Not on viewRightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
published 1592
Object number: 2006.108
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
published 1592
Object number: 2016.24