Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or after
name: label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Subject
content: Pliny the Elder, Roman, 23 - 79 CE
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. An elephant is trapped in a deep pit, in the middle ground. Other elephants carry stones and tree trunks in an effort to rescue him. Inscribed on stone, near left center: "Ioan Stradanus invent. / Ioan Collaert Sculp." At lower right: "Phls Galle excud." Below: HUNC SERVANT MOREM NATURAE INSTINCTII ELEPHANTIS...
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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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: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-37-3
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.5 × 25.8 cm (8 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)