Joris Hoefnagel
Guide for Constructing the Letter V
Joris Hoefnagel
Guide for Constructing the Letter V, 1591–1596
Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink
Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Snakes twist around cedar trees. Swords pierce upward. Mountains frame the golden grid. This V is a landscape of mythic scale, somewhere between Eden and an epic.
This artwork is held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Joris Hoefnagel
Guide for Constructing the Letter V
Joris Hoefnagel
Guide for Constructing the Letter V, 1591–1596
Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink
Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Snakes twist around cedar trees. Swords pierce upward. Mountains frame the golden grid. This V is a landscape of mythic scale, somewhere between Eden and an epic.
This artwork is held by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.