Recto: Diana, or 'Venatio' (Allegory of the Hunt), preliminary design for pl. 4 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series; Verso: Diving for Pearls in the Persian Gulf, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on cream laid paper, Female figure seated under a tree holding a falcon on her right wrist surrounded by hunting horns, dogs, and bows and arrows, recto. View of semicircular, mountainous coastline with tents pitched at the water's edge. Two parallel rows of boats float in the water and figures raise or lower themselves from lines attached to the bow. In the foreground figures step off the boats onto the shore carrying small bags; some bags are visible laid on the shore and are gathered together by figures crouching on the shore or under the tents, verso., Italy, 1594–1596, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Diana, 'Venatio', Allegory, Hunt, preliminary design, pl, 4, Schema, seu Speculum Principum, Skills, Prince, series, Verso, Diving, Pearls, Persian Gulf, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, cream laid paper, Female figure seated under, tree holding, falcon, right wrist surrounded, hunting horns, dogs, bows, arrows, recto, View, semicircular, mountainous coastline, tents pitched, water's edge, Two parallel rows, boats float, water, figures raise, lower themselves, lines attached, bow, foreground figures step off, boats, shore carrying small bags, bags, visible laid, shore, gathered together, figures crouching, shore, under, tents, verso, Italy, 1594–1596, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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