Page of a sketchbook; Title page for engraving series on hunting; Accident of a hunter, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and ink, bistre wash (top), gray-brown wash (bottom) on paper, Vertical rectangle. Top: The scrollwork frame of an oblong is fastened to two columns supporting the central arch of a colonnade. Below the left one are quadrupeds, including a stag. Two bird hunters on horseback are drawn under the right arch. The frame shows corrections of the design. Bottom: A hunter is being rescued after having fallen into a pit filled with snakes. One is entwined about his body. Rabbit runs off at lower right., Netherlands, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Page, sketchbook, Title page, engraving series, hunting, Accident, hunter, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, ink, bistre wash, top, gray-brown wash, bottom, paper, Vertical rectangle, Top, scrollwork frame, oblong, fastened, two columns supporting, central arch, colonnade, left, quadrupeds, stag, Two bird hunters, horseback, drawn under, right arch, frame, corrections, design, Bottom, hunter, rescued, having fallen, pit filled, snakes, entwined, body, Rabbit runs off, lower right, Netherlands, ca, 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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