print;
album
- Museum number
- 1923,0306.1.3
- Title
- Series: Venationis, piscationis, et aucupii typi (Hunting, Fishing and Fowling Scenes)
- Description
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A group of men, some on foot, some on horseback, and dogs, surround and attack an aurochs, at the centre of a wooded landscape; the animal has an arrow stuck in its back, and its heels are nipped at by some of the dogs; after Hans Bol; bound with 47 prints from this series in an album with red leather binding. 1582
Engraving
- Production date
- 1582
- Dimensions
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Height: 80 millimetres
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Width: 213 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment on the series see 1923,0306.1.1.
The aurochs, a wild relative of domestic cattle, survived in Europe until extinction in 1627.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1923 (6 March)
- Acquisition notes
- For acquisition notes see 1923,0306.1.1.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1923,0306.1.3