Crocodile hunt
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1595
name: label: After
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Engraver
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Crocodiles are baited by pigs, caught in the act of devouring the small animals tied up close to the edge of the beach. The crocodiles, unable to retreat easily, are stoned by men, waiting for them on the beach. At lower left: "Ioan. Stradanus invent."; center: "Ioan. Collaert sculp"; near lower right: "Phls Galle excud."
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: 1952-37-23
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: 20.2 × 26 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.)