Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizontal rectangle. In center foreground, an elephant is attacked from the rear by one of the pygmies, while two others prepare to leap from the tree, left. In the background, the Troglodytes are cutting up and carrying off the carcass of an elephant. At left center: 'Ioan. Stradanus invent. / Ioan Collaert Sculp'; right of center, below: 'Phls. Galle excud.' Below: 'Trogloditae insidijs Elephantem.', Netherlands, 1596 or after, figures, Print, Print
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Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3, Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving, paper, Horizontal rectangle, center foreground, elephant, attacked, rear, pygmies, two, prepare, leap, tree, left, background, Troglodytes, cutting up, carrying off, carcass, elephant, left center, 'Ioan, Stradanus invent, Ioan Collaert Sculp', right, center, 'Phls, Galle excud, 'Trogloditae insidijs Elephantem, Netherlands, 1596, figures, Print
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