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Partridge Hunt with Help of Camoflage
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Philips Galle, Jan van der Straet, and others

Partridge Hunt with Help of Camoflage

1577

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Partridge Hunt with Help of Camoflage

1577

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 214 × 302 mm. (8 7/16 × 11 7/8 in.) Plate: 208 × 296 mm. (8 3/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John E. Bordley
Object Number 1972.34.1
Given that this plate bears the number "73" 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 "73."; below image, lower margin, in plate "Veste boues operit, clam sturnos fallit edaces, Venator, pisitat dum garrula ab ilice perdix."

Markings: CM: none

Artist

Philips Galle

1536–1611

Flemish, 1537-1612
Meet Philips Galle

Artist

Jan van der Straet

1522–1604

Flemish, 1523-1605
Meet Jan van der Straet

Publisher

Philips Galle

1536–1611

Flemish, 1537-1612
Meet Philips Galle

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