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Drawing, Hare Hunting with Nets and Guns

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1600 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray wash on 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

10.8 × 14.3 cm (4 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed within composition, at upper right: sciten dasen met de / busken en iaghen in / strecken en busken Verso, inscribed within composition, at upper right: iaghen den haes in strecken om / singhelt intronde ... iaghers / den has nemt zen loop op naer de netten / in iagher nemt in ghevanghen aes van de hon / den om ... ghedan te woorden de herren / staan en zien de iacht

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hare Hunting with Nets and Guns; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 10.8 × 14.3 cm (4 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-597

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