Description This print shows a view on birds of prey being hunted by mousetraps and a small bird trap. Hunters are waiting behind a tree to catch the birds of prey. Number 64 from a series of hunting scenes invented by Joh. Stradanus. Made by Karel van Mallery after Johannes Stradanus. Medium: engraving on handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: oval coat of arms. Sheet size: 31.5 x 24.2 cm (12.4 x 9.53 inch). Image size: 27.5 x 21 cm. (10.83 x 8.27 inch). Condition: good, given age. Creases. Brown stains on reverse due to hole restoration. Remains of paper tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. HUNTING-BIRDS OF PREY HUNTING-BIRDS-HUNTERS-MOUSETRAP-BIRDTRAP | RBOS-A11-08 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive print was published by Philip Galle in Venationes ferarum avium piscium. Pugnae bestiariorum mutuae bestiarum. A series of prints about hunting. Philip Galle (Haarlem, 1537 – Antwerp, 12 or 29 March 1612) who is best known for his work as an engraver and draughtsman. He is also famous for his engraving reproductions of various paintings. Galle was a pupil of Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert. Between 1590-1612. Reference: New Hollstein (Stradanus): 449.I (of III), 445-447.III (of III), 450.I (of III), 453.III (of III), 485.II (of IV), 487.II (of IV), 488.I (of IV). 493.II (of IV), 508.II (of III), 522.II (of III), 524.I or II (of III). Biography engraver: Karel van Mallery (1571?1635?) was a Flemish engraver who mainly worked on religious subjects and portraits and was also a reproductive engraver. He worked in Antwerp and Paris. He was a pupil of Philip Galle. . Biography artist: Johannes Stradanus (Dutch Jan van der Straet or Italian Giovanni Stradano; 1523 ? 2 November 1605) was a Flemish artist active mainly in Florence, Italy. He was a wide-ranging talent who worked as an easel and fresco painter, designer of tapestries, draughtsman, designer of prints and pottery decorator. His subject range was varied and included history subjects, mythological scenes, allegories, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, architectural scenes and animals. After training in his native Flanders, he left his home country and ultimately settled down in Florence, Italy. He became a prominent court artist to the Medici during the second half of the 16th century and worked on the many decorative projects of the court. Stradanus also produced large altarpieces for the most important churches in Florence.
