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Otter Hunt
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Philips Galle, Jan van der Straet, and others

Otter Hunt

1577

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Otter Hunt

1577

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 221 × 303 mm. (8 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.) Plate: 214 × 295 mm. (8 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John E. Bordley
Object Number 1972.34.2
Given that this plate bears the number "90" it can be identified as from a second edition printing, or later. See New Hollstein 519-562 (Galle) for additional information.

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "Ioan. Stradanus inuent. / Ioan. Galle excudit"; below image, lower left, in plate "90."; below image, across lower margin, in plate "Sic anidas Lutras venantur lintre cauata, Per refluas vncisferiuntq[ue] tridentibus vndas."

Markings: CM: none

Artist

Philips Galle

Flemish, 1537-1612
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Publisher

Philips Galle

Flemish, 1537-1612
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