Artist:

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605  Search this

Engraver:

Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635  Search this

Publisher:

Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612  Search this

Medium:

Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 10.4 × 14.1 cm (4 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

Object Name:

Drawing

Type:

Drawing

Made in:

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Date:

1596 or before

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Recto: Landscape with an elephant wrestling with a serpent in the foreground. The serpent grasps the trunk of the elephant between its jaws. At right, another serpent, coiled about a tree, threatens an elephant standing behind a tree at center.

Verso: Italian inscription relating to the recto.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of various donors

Accession Number:

1901-39-153

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a7cc189a-bc33-48e7-b86f-14cbdf5c45c9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1901-39-153