Catching geese
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1595
name: label: After
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650
label: Engraver
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Using decoys to capture geese. The decoys are worn on the head, while the hunter immerses himself in the water, leaving only the bird-shaped headgear on the surface. Bearing a substance which attracts the birds, the alight and are caught by hand. One hunter walks from the water, right, wearing his decoy hat and carrying two birds. At lower left: "Ioan. Stradanus invent."; left center: "Corn. Galle Sculp."; lower right: "Phls. Galle excud." Below: "ANSERUM AGRESTE GENUS..."
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: 1952-37-27
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.9 × 26.8 cm (8 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.)