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Two Mice
Also titled Twee muizen
Joris Hoefnagel (Antwerp, 1542–1600)
1594
- Medium
- parchment (animal material), gouache (paint)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 89 mm x width 123 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the Departement van Binnenlandse Zaken
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
This drawing was specially made by Joris Hoefnagel for his friend Johannes Muisenhol from Frankfurt. The scene refers to his surname (mouse hole), while the extinguished candle and the gnawed walnut stand for the transience of life. Symbolism played an important role in the 16th century. The artist also had a keen eye for the faithful depiction of the mice.
