Description This print shows a view on duck hunting by hawks. Hunters are waiting behind with drums to let go the birds of prey. Number 70 from a series of hunting scenes invented by Joh. Stradanus. Made by Johan Collaert after Johannes Stradanus. Medium: engraving on handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: hand. Sheet size: 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10.83 x 8.07 inch). Image size: 26 x 19.5 cm. (10.24 x 7.68 inch). Condition: good, given age. Small margin. Brown stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. HUNTING-BIRDS OF PREY HUNTING-DUCKS-HUNTERS-DRUMS-HAWKS | 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: Johan Collaert (Brussels, between 1525 and 1530 ? Antwerp, October 1580) was a Flemish printmaker, publisher, draftsman, tapestry designer, glass painter and designer and engraver of swords. He was the founder of a dynasty of engravers that would play a significant role in establishing Antwerp as one of the leading centres for printmaking in Europe in the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century. 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.
