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Drawing, Bust-length Portrait of Jacob, Lion with a Blindfold, Map of a Fortified City [above left]; Fox Hunt [below left]; Crane Hunt using Cones [right]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Karel van Mallery, Hans Collaert II and Hans Collaert II and published by Philips Galle. 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

H x W: 20.6 × 13.9 cm (8 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, below left, inscribed in pen and ink: "jacob judas petze" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "[c]amise 12 [co]arette 7 [pet]sola 3 [to]valini 4 canavatia 4 [to]vaglia 2 [ lin]sola 2" "Abramo" / "Isaco[...]"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bust-length Portrait of Jacob, Lion with a Blindfold, Map of a Fortified City [above left]; Fox Hunt [below left]; Crane Hunt using Cones [right]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Karel van Mallery, Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1560 - 1628); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper; H x W: 20.6 × 13.9 cm (8 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-129

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