Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (1523-1605)

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Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (1523-1605)

Wolf Trapping

signed 'stradanus'; black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white (partly oxidized), the outlines incised, brown ink framing lines at the left and lower edges
198 x 285 mm.

Provenance

With Quaritch, London, 1886 (Catalogue of Manuscripts, no. 35768) Colonel W.A. Baillie-Grohman (L. 370); by descent to
Mrs. Baillie-Grohman; Sotheby's, London, 14 May 1923, part of lot 157-9 or 161
C.F.G.R. Schwerdt; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1929, part of lot 1305
M. Jeanson; Sotheby's, Monaco, 1 March 1987, lot 524, illustrated (ff. 88.800)

Literature

C.F.G.R. Schwerdt, Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, illustrated in a catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings collected by C.F.G.R. Schwerdt, London, 1928, 3, p. 221, no. 6

Engraved

In reverse, Philip Galle, Venationes ferarum auium piscium..., 1578-96, plate 49 (Illustrated Bartsch 56, 104:11, Hollstein 538)

Lot Essay

Stradanus, who went to Italy at an early age never to return to his native Bruges, worked at the Medici court. He was appointed head of their tapestry factory at the Arazzeria Medicea in Florence where his designs were used for tapestries, many of which were made for Cosimo de'Medici's villa at Poggio a Caiano

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