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Drawing, Stag Hunt with Rifles

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Cornelis Galle I and published by Philips Galle. It is dated ca. 1594-1600 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

11 × 14.8 cm (4 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink within composition at upper right: "sciten de herten me de bus in iaghen" Verso, above, numbered in pen and ink at lower center: ".1."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stag Hunt with Rifles; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Cornelis Galle I; Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; 11 × 14.8 cm (4 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-598

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