Rabbit Hunt with Leopards [above left]; King of England Hunting for Rabbits [below left]; Fishing by Night [above right]; Catching Nightowls [below right]
date: label: Date
content: 1596–1599
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Collaborator
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Engraver
content: Theodor Galle, ca. 1571 - 1633
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, above left: Men hunt rabbits with the help of leopards. One leopard sits behind a hunter on his horse. 
label: Description
content: Recto, below left: The King of England rides a horse at left, carrying dead rabbits. His dogs chase more rabbits from their burrows beyond. 
label: Description
content: Recto, above right: Fishermen stand on a raft, using lanterns to tempt fish out of the water. 
label: Description
content: Recto, below right: In the background, hunters beat the bushes, driving owls from their nests. In the foreground, their companions, holding torches, wait with a trap.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Italian inscription in the hand of Luigi Alamanni.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Plan of a walled city.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Italy
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: 1901-39-133
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.9 × 20.8 cm (5 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.)