Jacob Hoefnagel (Antwerp 1575-c. 1630 The Netherlands)

Jacob Hoefnagel was, like his father Joris Hoefnagel (Antwerp 1542-1601 Vienna), an artist at the court of Rudolf II in Prague. He carried on his father's work with a a series of engravings of insects and flowers called Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii (Frankfurt am Main, 1592). He is also known to have produced oils in a highly mannerist style such as the present work.