Recto: Four preliminary design for the 'Vermis Sericus' (Silk-making) print series. Above left: Winding silk. Below left: preparing mulberry leaves. Above right: arranging the leaves on shelves. Below right: feeding the mulberry leaves to the silkworms. Verso: Above left: inscription regarding payments for print designs for the Silkmaking and Hunt series. Below left: stacks of mulberry leaves on a rack, a jumping lynx. Verso right: three mulberry leaves., Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on two joined sheets of paper, Recto: Above left: winding silk by steaming silkworm cocoons and reeling the raw silk from the cocoons. Below left: Gathering the mulberry leaves outside. Above right: Spreading the leaves on trays. Lower right: Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms.Verso: inscription, a stack of trays, a leaping lynx. At right, detail studies of three mulberry leaves, on a large scale., Italy, ca. 1595, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Four preliminary design, 'Vermis Sericus', Silk-, print series, left, Winding silk, left, preparing mulberry leaves, right, arranging, leaves, shelves, right, feeding, mulberry leaves, silkworms, Verso, left, inscription regarding payments, print designs, Silkmaking, Hunt series, left, stacks, mulberry leaves, rack, jumping lynx, Verso right, three mulberry leaves, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, brown ink, brush, grey wash, two joined sheets, paper, Recto, left, winding silk, steaming silkworm cocoons, reeling, raw silk, cocoons, left, Gathering, mulberry leaves outside, right, Spreading, leaves, trays, Lower right, Feeding mulberry leaves, silkworms.Verso, inscription, stack, trays, leaping lynx, right, detail studies, three mulberry leaves, large scale, Italy, ca, 1595, Drawing, Drawing
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