Crocodile Hunt in Tentyra, in Egypt, plate 30 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or after
name: label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. The jaws of the crocodiles are pried open and a stick inserted to render them helpless while they are clubbed to death. At lower right, in the foreground, one man sits astride a crocodile, holding the stick in place, while two others prepare to use their clubs. Near lower right: "Ioan. Stradanus / invent..Carolus de / Mallery Sculp.; Phls Galle excud." Below: "TENTIRA IN AEGYPTO..."
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: 1952-37-24
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: 19.9 × 26.2 cm (7 13/16 × 10 5/16 in.)