Fight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
date: label: Date
content: 1596 or after
name: label: Designer
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: Horizontal rectangle. An elephant is attacked by a serpent, right foreground. Another serpent, in a tree, left, watches an approaching elephant. In the background, Troglodytes cut up and carry off the carcass of an elephant. Left of center, below: "Ioan Stradanus invent."; right of center, below: "Carol de Mallery Sculp."; lower right: "Phls Galle excud." Below: "EXCELSA IN BARRUM DRACO SESE EX ARBORE IACTAT..."
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: 1952-37-4
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.7 × 26 cm (7 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)