Fishing for Tuna [above]; Crocodile Hunt with Pigs as Bait [below]
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Engraver
content: Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635
label: Engraver
content: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, above: Men in open boats catch tuna in large nets.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Along a shoreline, men trap alligators using pigs as bait.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Pelicans in the foreground approach men, at left, presenting them with fish. Verso, below: Hunters hide behind bushes at left while firing at boars, to the right.
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: 1901-39-127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13.9 × 10.4 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.)