Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Engraving on paper, Figural seascape scene, with groups in the foreground observing an orca sea monster trapped within a walled area. A statue and a tower at right. Open boats filled with men surround the monster, while spectators watch from the wall., Netherlands, 1596 or after, figures, Print

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