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Drawing, Title page for a Series of Hunting Scenes [above]; Unexperienced Hunter attacked by Snakes [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1598–1599 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, with corrections in white 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

14.2 × 10.3 cm (5 9/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Title page for a Series of Hunting Scenes [above]; Unexperienced Hunter attacked by Snakes [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, with corrections in white on laid paper; 14.2 × 10.3 cm (5 9/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2658

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