Drawing, Cavemen Hunting Elephants [above]; The King of Persia Hunting [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Karel van Mallery, Adriaen Collaert and Karel van Mallery and collaborator: Luigi Alamanni and published by Philips Galle and subject: Pliny the Elder. It is dated 1596 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Various Donors. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

21.8 x 15.7 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink: "Il Re di Persia nelle caccie sta nel mezzo dell'isola, che e / circondata da una cercia di cacciatori che accertandosi uniti verso / il re, tutte le le fiere vanno al mezzo verso il re. ex Herodote--" [in the hand of Luigi Alamanni] "mare" [in the hand of the artist] Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "Il Sr Gioan Stradano / exellent.mo pittor a / fiorenza" [in the hand of Luigi Alamanni]

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