Antique Master Print-HUNTING-BIRDS-CATCHING-DUCKS-INDIAN-Galle-Stradanus-1590

Description This print shows a view on duckhunting of Indians when the hunter goes under water with a lid on their head covered with seeds. The hunter catches the duck with their hands. Number 95 from a series of hunting scenes invented by Joh. Stradanus. Made by Cornelis Galle after Johannes Stradanus. Medium: engraving on handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: small coat of arms. Sheet size: 34 x 26.5 cm (13.39 x 10.43 inch). Image size: 26.5 x 21 cm. (10.43 x 8.27 inch). Condition: good, given age. Brown stain in left margin. Creases in upper margin. Smudges. Fold in lower left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. HUNTING-BIRDS-CATCHING BIRD-LID ON HEAD-DUCKS-INDIAN | RBOS-A11-07 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: BV 693.95 and 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: Cornelis Galle (Antwerpen, 1576 – aldaar, 29 maart 1650) was a Flemish engraver. His father Philip Galle, after training with great master engravers in Haarlem, settled in Antwerp and set up his own studio and printing house. 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.