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Indians Catching Ducks with Pumpkins, from "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium..."

Engraver Jan Collaert I Netherlandish
Publisher Philips Galle Netherlandish
16th century
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Indians Catching Ducks with Pumpkins, from "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium..."
  • Series/Portfolio: Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium...
  • Artist: After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523–1605 Florence)
  • Engraver: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp)
  • Date: 16th century
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (20.6 x 26.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.892
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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