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Object Type
print
Museum number
1957,0413.104
Title
Series:
Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium
Description
Monkey Hunt: hunstmen armed with bows and arrows, many on horseback, pursue monkeys, some of which find refuge in the trees Engraving
Producer name
After:
Jan van der Straet
Print made by:
Philips Galle
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1578
(or after)
Production place
Published in:
Antwerp (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
207 millimetres
(image size)
Width:
284 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See comments to 1957,0413.37.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(442.I)
(Johannes Stradanus)
Baroni Vannucci 1997 / Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, flandrus pictor et inventor
(693.58)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
hunting/shooting
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland
Acquisition date
1957
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1957,0413.104