Recto, 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 designs for the Seven Virtues print series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on two joined sheets of laid paper, Recto, upper left: Forest scene, with stags feeding. A lynx is in the act of jumping from a tree to the back of one of the stags. Inscription in Dutch below framing line, lower left. A stag places his front hooves on the back of a bull. Huntsmen and dogs move in at right. Figures escape across a stream towards an encampment, lower right. Inscription above: 'La fuga di...' Lower right: Figures on foot, and on horseback move toward left. Reverse: Two heads in oval frames, with decorative borders. Related to Venationes prints 30 and 35 (left side). Two pages pasted together. Uneven edges, bottom, right, upper right., Netherlands, ca. 1596–1598, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, left, Deer attacked, Lynx, right, Cloelia, Companions escape Porsena's Camp, right, Women Hunting, left, Deer Hunt, Stag hiding, Scent, Verso, Two Busts, Women, Architectural Settings, preliminary designs, Seven Virtues print series, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, two joined sheets, laid paper, Recto, upper left, Forest scene, stags feeding, lynx, act, jumping, tree, back, stags, Inscription, Dutch, framing line, lower left, stag places, front hooves, back, bull, Huntsmen, dogs move, right, Figures escape across, stream towards, encampment, lower right, Inscription, 'La fuga di., Lower right, Figures, foot, horseback move, left, Reverse, Two heads, oval frames, decorative borders, Related, Venationes prints 30, 35, left side, Two pages pasted together, Uneven edges, bottom, right, upper right, Netherlands, ca, 1596–1598, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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