File:Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Scenes of Thessalians Fighting Bulls and Men Battling Alligators, 1587 (CH 18109773).jpg

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English: Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Scenes of Thessalians Fighting Bulls and Men Battling Alligators, 1587   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Title
English: Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Scenes of Thessalians Fighting Bulls and Men Battling Alligators, 1587
Description
English: Pages of a sketchbook. Recto: Four scenes, upper left, lower left. Thessalians fighting bulls, upper right, lower right. Horizontal rectangle. Verso: Four scenes. Upper left: Men fighting bulls in an arena, as the King observes, left. In background man on horseback rides to attack bull. Lower left: Another version of men fighting bulls. King in background, right. Upper right and lower right: Two versions of scenes of men fighting alligators. Verso, upper right: Nativity of St. John (?). Lower right: Men fighting bulls. Lower left: Statue of King on pedestal set in forest, observed by three men (horizontal); the composition set upper right. Upper left notations.
Date 1587
date QS:P571,+1587-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black wash on off-white laid paper
Dimensions 15.2 x 22.2 cm (6 x 8 3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-154
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes Type: Drawing
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