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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Celebrating American art and artists

Join us as we explore 250 years of American creativity from across the nation.
Learn more
Exhibitions & Events
Featured exhibition:

Mary Cassatt: An American in Paris
Now on view
Art & Artists
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Provenance

A.S.W. Rosenbach Gallery

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Nocturne

James McNeill Whistler

1878

Lithotint in black on wove paper Accession ID 1943.3.8663

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Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis)

Joris Hoefnagel

c. 1575/1590s

Bound volume of 78 drawings (incl.title page) in watercolor and gold paint on parchment, alternating with pages of ink inscriptions on paper; 2 plates (iii, iv) with gold border only (80 total decorated pages) Accession ID 1987.20.5

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Title Page

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.1

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Plate 74: Insects with White Daffodils

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.75

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Plate 54: Hairy Dragonfly and Two Darters

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, dragonfly wings, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.55

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Plate 46: Three Grasshoppers

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.47

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Plate 16: Black-Veined White, Clouded Yellow, Black Hairstreak(?), Geranium Argus(?), and Common Blue Butterflies with Two Chrysalides

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, lepidochromy, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.17

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Plate 14: Common Brimstone, Painted Lady, and Clouded Yellow Butterflies

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.15

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Plate 42: Jewel Beetle with a Rosary Pea and a Flower (Oleander?)

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.43

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Plate 52: Four Grasshoppers

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.53

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Plate 4: Empty Oval

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.5

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Plate 71: Two Wasps and a Pill Bug

Joris Hoefnagel

c.1575/1590s

Watercolor and gold paint on parchment Accession ID 1987.20.5.72

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