File:Drawing, The Panther Trap, ca. 1590 (CH 18109897).jpg

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English: Drawing, The Panther Trap, 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, The Panther Trap, ca. 1590
Description
English: Horizontal rectangle. Three panthers spring at two bowls with excrements either hanging at a tree. A fourth stands tired upon his feet, a fifth is approaching. Two more are dead. Hidden behind bushes, shepherds watch in the left background. Mountainous country. Caption, written beside the shepherds: "pastori coperti/da fraschi da/lontane," under the central bowl: "in asia plinea." Reverse: "Legonsi in un vaso as un altro albero gli escrementi sterco/delli huomini a le panthere come tighere ne sono tanto arcide che non gli potendo arrivare o amazzano col saltare per/avergli, Lbo. 8 cap. 27. Plinio." Rough lateral, lower, uneven upper edges. Wrinkles. Spots. Related to engraving, pl. 15, in series VENATIONES, FERARUM, PISCIUM
Date circa 1590
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Dimensions H x W: 10.4 × 14 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-156
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: pastori coperti/da fraschi da/lontane

in asia plinea "Legonsi in un vaso as un altro albero gli escrementi sterco/delli huomini a le panthere come tighere ne sono tanto arcide che non gli potendo arrivare o amazzano col saltare per/avergli, Lbo. 8 cap. 27. Plinio.

  • Country: Netherlands
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