Stag Hunt with Rifles
date: label: Date
content: late 1590s
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
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: Hunters, left, hidden behind bushes, shoot at a group of stags. At right, another hunter on horseback observes the scene. Dutch inscription at upper right.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: In a circular temple ringed by columns, the angel Gabriel announces the birth of St. John the Baptist to his father, Zechariah. 
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Saint Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary sit at center, each supporting her small child, who stands before her. Christ, at center left, raises a hand in greeting toward St. John the Baptist, at center right. St. Joseph stands behind the group.
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: 1901-39-598
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 and black washes over black chalk on laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11.4 × 14.9 cm (4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)