Fowling, Jan Collaert II, ca. 1595
Jan Collaert IIFlemish

Fowling

ca. 1595 · Print · 20 × 25.7 cm

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Where is “Fowling” now? Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Whether it is on view today is unknown.

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Horizontal rectangle. Fowlers behind tree, right. Methods of snaring birds indicated: center, two birds are tied to the ground, thereby attracting other birds (starlings) to the scene. Above, groups of birds carry off glued snare-lines. At lower left: "Ioan. Stradanus Ioan. Collaert Sculp." Left center: "Phls. Galle excud." Below: "CORNICEM IN CAMPO LIGAT AULEPS..."

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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1952-37-20

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