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Drawing, Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Hans Collaert II, Hans Collaert II and Cornelis Galle I and published by Philips Galle and subject: Gonzalo Fernándo de Oviedo y Valdés. It is dated 1596 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid 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: 10.1 × 13.8 cm (4 in. × 5 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto: inscribed in graphite in modern hand at lower right margin: "V95"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1560 - 1628), Cornelis Galle I; Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Subject: Gonzalo Fernándo de Oviedo y Valdés (Spanish, 1478 – 1557); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; H x W: 10.1 × 13.8 cm (4 in. × 5 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-131

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