EditorialWhale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 1618, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605,...
EditorialCrocodile Hunt in Tentyra, in Egypt, plate 30 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Karel van Mallery, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Black ink on paper, Horizontal rectangle....
EditorialCatching Night Moths, plate 25 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Black ink on paper, Horizontal rect...
EditorialSketchbook Page: Stag Hunt in Persia (recto); Stag Hunt by Luigi Alamanni (verso), designs for the Venationes series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 15581603, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid ...
EditorialBuffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Hunt...
EditorialThe Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Karel van Mallery, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizont...
EditorialRecto: Apollo, or 'Litterae' (Allegory of the Liberal Arts), preliminary design for pl. 3 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series; Verso, above: Deer Hunt with Lassos; Verso, below: Cattle attacked by Foxes, Jan van der Straet...
EditorialRecto: preliminary design for title page for the print series Venationes Ferarum Arium Piscium; Verso: notes by Stradanus about payments to a tailor, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen, ink, bistre wash on paper, An escutcheon...
EditorialA Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Karel van Mallery, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on laid paper, Hori...
EditorialElephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on pa...
EditorialIndians Catching Fish with the Help of Pelicans, plate 23 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Karel van Mallery, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, engraving on paper, Horizontal ...
EditorialCavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizontal r...
EditorialRecto: Bull hunt with Lassos; Verso, above: Bear hunt by Men in Armor; Verso, below: Hunting Monkeys by Deception; all preliminary designs for the Venationes series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and brown ink, brush and ...
EditorialRecto, above: Preliminary Design for Title Page to Vermis Sericus('The Introduction of the Silkworm') print series; Recto, below: Preliminary Design for pl. 3 (The Incubation of Silkworm Eggs); Verso, above: Incomplete Preliminary Design for Title Page...
EditorialRecto, above left: Deer attacked by a Lynx; above right: Cloelia and her Companions escape Porsena's Camp; below right: Women Hunting; below left: Deer Hunt, with a Stag hiding its Scent. Verso: Two Busts of Women in Architectural Settings, preliminary...
EditorialRecto: Four Hunting Scenes, designs for the Venationes print series; Verso: Plan of a Fortified City, and notes by Luigi Alamanni regarding the Nova Reperta series (verso), Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and ink, brush and...
EditorialThe Panther Trap, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. Three panthers spring at two bowls with excrements either hanging at a tree. A fourth stan...
EditorialFight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Karel van Mallery, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizontal rectangle. A...