Drawing, Standing figure,Oyster Shells [above]; Elephants Helping Each Other Out of a Trap [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 and subject: Pliny the Elder. It is dated 1596 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and 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

14.1 × 10.1 cm (5 9/16 in. × 4 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink: "caccare il leone co(n) mettere u(n)o panno in anse lochei e una co(n) larme in mane che le volle amazzare e altre lioni p(er) la ca(m)pagnia" "oviate de perlemoiere grande picola de ognie sorte drente fatta de natura" Recto, inscribed in graphite in a modern hand: "v9" Verso, left, inscribed in pen and ink: "11 camisa 6 colarine 5 tavalaio 2 paia calsette 2 linsola una federa"

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