Crane Hunt using Cones [above]; Bust-length Portrait of Jacob, Lion with a Blindfold, Map of a Fortified City [below left]; Wildcat Hunt [below right]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1595 – 1599
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635
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, above: Hunters trap cranes using bait placed in paper cones in the ground.
label: Description
content: Recto, below left: Bust-length figure identified as Jacob, lion with blindfold across its eyes, cityscape.
label: Description
content: Recto, below right: Hunters and dogs trap a small animal in a tree.
label: Description
content: Verso, above and below right: Three ovals containing bust-length figures; Italian inscriptions.
label: Description
content: Verso, above left: Hunters use starlings tied to a rope as bait with which to trap other birds.
label: Description
content: Verso, below left: Hunters holding torches drive lions into nets.
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: 1901-39-129
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 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 (Drawing): 14.1 × 20.8 cm (5 9/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall with support): 20.2 × 26.5 cm (7 15/16 × 10 7/16 in.)