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Print, Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci", ca. 1575

This is a Print. It was designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and print maker: Hieronymus Wierix. It is dated ca. 1575. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

20.8 × 27.7 cm (8 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Heart on a crown with a star

It is inscribed

Bottom: Prescia venturae sic tempestatis equorum...

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Print, Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci", ca. 1575; Designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Print Maker: Hieronymus Wierix; Netherlands; engraving on paper; 20.8 × 27.7 cm (8 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-96

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