Deer Hunt with Hounds [above]; Skylark Hunt with Falcons [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1596-1599
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, above: Hunters on horseback and on foot are seen from behind, entering the scene from left. They are accompanied by hounds, which trap a stag. In the background at left is a building with a view of diners at a table.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: A hunter in the foreground at left uses a pole and rope to hunt for skylarks within the branches of a tree, at center. In the background, another hunter uses a similar pole to catch a quail on the ground. A third man tends to horses at left.
label: Description
content: Verso: Blank, except for a small group of connecting ink lines—possibly illegible text or part of a drawing on another sheet.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1901-39-151-a
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: Recto: pen and brown and black inks, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.3 × 10.5 cm (5 5/8 × 4 1/8 in.)