Sketchbook Page: Stag Hunt in Persia (recto); Stag Hunt by Luigi Alamanni (verso), designs for the Venationes series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper., Recto: A forest scene with a stag standing in the center foreground, scratching his right ear. In the background left, a huntsman is preparing to shoot an arrow at the animal. This is Stradanus's preliminary drawing for a print (pl. 36) in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, engraved by Jan Collaert II

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