Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Hunters swim wearing headpieces made of pumpkins carved to resemble ducks. They use their disguise to trick and trap birds. At left, on the shore, two hunters are shown putting the pumpkins on their heads.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: In the foreground, two crocodiles appear at the shore of a river, lured by hunters who in the background use pigs as bait.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Two tigers, confused by mirrors, are about to climb into a trap. Hunters observe from the background.
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: 1901-39-131
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
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 wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brush and brown ink over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.2 × 14 cm (4 × 5 1/2 in.)