Wild Boar Hunt with Spears, from "Hunting Scenes in Ornamental Frames"

After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish

Formerly attributed to Harmen Jansz. Muller Netherlandish

Publisher Hieronymus Cock Netherlandish

1570

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This engraving of a wild boar hunt is based on one of a series of six tapestry designs that Stradanus made for the Florentine Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici’s villa in Poggio a Caiano. In addition to this series, Stradanus made enough cartoons, or full-scale preparatory drawings, to decorate twenty rooms in the villa. Hunting boar was an activity limited to the aristocracy, and here we see the members of Cosimo’s court mounted on horseback, assisted by various servants on foot. A second engraving from the series shows the hunters catching the boars in nets.

Artwork Details

Title: Wild Boar Hunt with Spears, from "Hunting Scenes in Ornamental Frames"
Series/Portfolio: Hunting Scenes in Ornamental Frames
Artist: After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523–1605 Florence)
Artist: Formerly attributed to Harmen Jansz. Muller (Netherlandish, Amsterdam ca. 1540–1617 Amsterdam)
Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
Date: 1570
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (44.8 x 32.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.95.992
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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