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Plate 16: Eels, Pipefish, and Needlefish, Joris Hoefnagel, c.1575/1590s
Joris Hoefnagel, portraitJoris HoefnagelFlemish, 1542–1600

Plate 16: Eels, Pipefish, and Needlefish

c.1575/1590s · Drawing

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Where is “Plate 16: Eels, Pipefish, and Needlefish” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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Accession number
1987.20.7.17

What it shows

FishesInscriptionWaterNatureAnimal

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsWatercolourRenaissance16th centuryFlemish

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