Fighting serpents with fire
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1595
name: label: After
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635
label: Engraver
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. A group of serpents is trapped in the underbrush, in the foreground, caught in flames set by men with torches. In the background, an animal is being devoured whole by a serpent. Near left center: "I. Stradanus inv. / C. de Mallery Sculp. / Phls Galle exc." Below: "INGENTEM VEGETO SERPENTEM..."
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: 1952-37-16
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
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: 20.3 × 26.2 cm (8 in. × 10 5/16 in.)