An antique engraving depicting a Chamois Hunt from the 17th century

Giovanni Stradano (1523-1605) Chamois hunting published by Philipp Galle (Haarlem 1537 – Antwerp 1612) taken from the work Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. An original engraving depicting the subject by Jan van der Straet, born in Bruges in 1523 and died in Florence in 1605, digitized and known under the name Giovanni Stradano, a preparatory drawing with a hunting theme for the tapestries of Villa Cosimo de' Medici in Poggio a Caiano.

Printed on a piece of thin handmade paper with a watermark, consistent with typical North European paper production from the first half of the 17th century, complete with a plate impression and margins of various sizes from 1 cm to 2 cm, with some minor defects along the edges, but generally in good condition. The plate features full figures in action, surrounded by bucolic scenery, men, animals, fantasy, and reality intertwined. Latin signature at the bottom.

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