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Drawing, Hare Hunting with Nets and Guns

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1600 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

10.8 × 14.3 cm (4 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink within composition, at upper right: "sciten dasen met de buske in iaghen in strecken in busken" Recto, inscribed in graphite in a modern hand: "V56" Verso, inscribed within composition, at upper right: " iaghen den haes op in strecken [?] om singhele [?] intronde [?]iaghers den has nemt zen loep op [?] naer de netten in iagher nemt in ghevanghen aes van de hon den om [?] gheetan te woorden de herren staaenien zien de iacht" Verso, inscribed in graphite in a modern hand: "V56"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hare Hunting with Nets and Guns; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 10.8 × 14.3 cm (4 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-597

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