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Drawing, Crocodile Hunt in Egypt
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1596 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid 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
10.3 × 13.8 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Verso: "Gli huomini Tentiriti nel nilo salgano a chavallo su coccodrilli / e messa lor una mazza in bocca gli guidano pigliandola / per la ponta come con la triglia e cosi gli fanno prigionieri del bastone. Plinio L° 8 cap. 25 / Li coccodrilli vanno nuotare nellaqua con lamo da sopra gridano in testa / li ve del huomine che la ma[r?]zzano."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Crocodile Hunt in Egypt; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; 10.3 × 13.8 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2501
