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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

1578

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Partridge Hunt with Help of Camoflage

1578

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.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "The Hunting Parties"
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John E. Bordley
Object Number 1972.34.1

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

Flemish, 1537-1612

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Philips Galle

Flemish, 1537-1612

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