Recto: Bull hunt with Lassos; Verso, above: Bear hunt by Men in Armor; Verso, below: Hunting Monkeys by Deception; all preliminary designs for the Venationes series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper., Recto: Men on horseback lasso bulls with long poles and ropes. Reverse, upper right: men in armor attacked by bears. Bottom: monkeys washing themselves in basin. In the background, humans washing themselves in a similar way, Netherlands, 1596 or before, Drawing


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