Standing figure,Oyster Shells [above]; Elephants Helping Each Other Out of a Trap [below]
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or before
name: label: Artist
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: Recto, above: A male figure in armor holding a bow; oyster shells; Italian inscription.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Elephants carry logs with their trunks, stacking them in piles.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Men use spears to push snakes into burning brush.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Italian inscription, rough sketch of a rearing snake or dragon.
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: 1901-39-150
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: 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: 14.5 × 10 cm (5 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.)