Wildcat Hunt
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1599
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Hunters appear on horseback and on foot, accompanied by hounds. They have trapped a wildcat in a tree and a hunter, at right, prepares to shoot the animal. In the background at left a young shepherd directs the hunters to the wildcat.
label: Description
content: Verso: Inscription in Dutch and Italian.
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: 1901-39-125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7.6 × 10.5 cm (3 × 4 1/8 in.)