Recto: preliminary design for title page for the print series Venationes Ferarum Arium Piscium; Verso: notes by Stradanus about payments to a tailor, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, ink, bistre wash on paper, An escutcheon is in the center. It is flanked by dragons. The head of an elephant is shown above, in the center, heads of a boar and of an ape, respectively, upon upper scrolls. In the intervals, between the escutcheon and the lateral framings are two buffaloes and a lion, at left, a dragon and a tiger, at right. Below is a boar with an ovoid. A fox is shown at left, a hyena at right. Verso: inscriptions dated 2 april and 14 June 1597, Netherlands, 1597, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, preliminary design, title page, print series Venationes Ferarum Arium Piscium, Verso, notes, Stradanus, payments, tailor, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, ink, bistre wash, paper, escutcheon, center, flanked, dragons, head, elephant, shown, center, heads, boar, ape, respectively, upon upper scrolls, intervals, escutcheon, lateral framings, two buffaloes, lion, left, dragon, tiger, right, boar, ovoid, fox, shown, left, hyena, right, Verso, inscriptions dated 2 april, 14 June 1597, Netherlands, 1597, Drawing, Drawing
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