Bilder Johannes Stradanus (1523–1605) – View of a Crocodile Hunt – Engraving (1596)

Beskrivning

"Esca Niliacus capitur Crocodilus & hamo" This dramatic scene depicts a group of hunters on the banks of a river using a pig as bait to capture a Nile crocodile, while several other crocodiles emerge from the water and a rugged landscape rises in the background. The work is a copper engraving. It was published in the series Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Hunts of Wild Animals, Birds, and Fish), which was printed by Philips Galle in Antwerp. This series was immensely popular and influential, documenting both real and legendary hunting methods from across the globe during the late sixteenth century.

Jan van der Straet, also known as Stradanus, was a Flemish artist who spent most of his career in Florence working for the Medici family. He was a prolific designer of tapestries and prints, often collaborating with the premier engravers and publishers of the Low Countries to disseminate his work. His style combined Northern European attention to detail with the Mannerist influences of the Italian Renaissance. Stradanus is particularly noted for his dynamic compositions and his fascination with technology, discovery, and the natural world.

Artist or Maker: Jan van der Straet (Stradanus).

Dimensions: Approximately 31 cm x 25 cm.

Medium: Engraving.

Date: 1596.

Condition Report:
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