Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius at Ostia
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: A wall surrounds an oval enclosure filled with water. A whale swims at the center; men in small boats attack it with spears. Spectators look on from an arcaded promenade atop the wall. Emperor Claudius appears on a platform at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Italian inscription relating to the recto.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-114
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: Pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.3 × 13.8 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)