File:Drawing, Sketchbook Page- Tiger Killed by Emperor Commodus in Amphitheater, ca. 1590 (CH 18109667).jpg

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English: Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Tiger Killed by Emperor Commodus in Amphitheater, ca. 1590   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Title
English: Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Tiger Killed by Emperor Commodus in Amphitheater, ca. 1590
Description
English: Horizontal rectangle. A tiger, broken out of his cage, where another one still lies, charges a man. Two others flee. The setting is an arena with crowded ranks. An arrow, shot my a man from the Imperial box, is moving toward the beast. Recto, vertically, top: a rough outlining sketch for the representation. Beneath the shooting man is written: "commodo / imperatore"; beneath a line: "Storico greco racconta che mentre uno (spi)ava nel teatro una gabbia dove era una [tigre] ella scappò e si gli lanciò a dosso e lo sarebbe (?) subito morto se non che Commodo Imperatore fu tanto presto e practico con l'arco, e con la / freccia (di quali molto si dilettava) che ferì, et am/mazzo il tigre minanzi che curessi (? nocessi?) all'huomo"
Date circa 1590
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium

verso: pen and ink, brush and ash on paper

recto: pen and ink on paper
Dimensions 10.5 × 14.2 cm (4 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-1492
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: commodo / imperatore; Storico greco racconta che mentre uno (spi)ava nel teatro una gabbia dove era una [tigre] ella scappò e si gli lanciò a dosso e lo sarebbe (?) subito morto se non che Commodo Imperatore fu tanto presto e practico con l'arco, e con la / freccia (di quali molto si dilettava) che ferì, et am/mazzo il tigre minanzi che curessi (? nocessi?) all'huomo
  • Country: Netherlands
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