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"Drawing, Fishing for Tuna [above]; Crocodile Hunt with Pigs as Bait [below]")
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Drawing, Fishing for Tuna [above]; Crocodile Hunt with Pigs as Bait [below]
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and published by Philips Galle and engraved by Karel van Mallery, Adriaen Collaert, Cornelis Galle I and Hans Collaert II and subject: Herodotus, Aelian, Philostratus The Elder and Conrad Gessner. It is dated 1596 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 13.8 × 10.1 cm (5 7/16 in. × 4 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto: inscribed in graphite in modern hand at upper left margin: "V89 or 90"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Fishing for Tuna [above]; Crocodile Hunt with Pigs as Bait [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618), Karel van Mallery, Cornelis Galle I, Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1560 - 1628); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Subject: Herodotus (Greek, born ca. 484 BC), Aelian (Roman, 175 – 235), Philostratus The Elder (Greek, born ca. 190), Conrad Gessner (Swiss, 1516 – 1565); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper; H x W: 13.8 × 10.1 cm (5 7/16 in. × 4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-127
