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Drawing, Hunting Panthers using Human Excrement
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and published by Philips Galle and engraved by Hans Collaert II 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 brown wash on off-white 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: 10.4 × 14 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto, inscribed in pen and ink: "pastori coperti/da fraschi da/lontane /in asia plinea" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "Legonsi in un vaso as un altro albero gli escrementi sterco/delli huomini a le panthere come tighere ne sono tanto arcide che non gli potendo arrivare o amazzano col saltare per/avergli, Lbo. 8 cap. 27. Plinio."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Hunting Panthers using Human Excrement; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1560 - 1628); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Subject: Pliny the Elder (Roman, 23 - 79 CE); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper; H x W: 10.4 × 14 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-156
