Recto: Four preliminary design for the 'Vermis Sericus' (Silk-making) print series. Above left: Winding silk. Below left: preparing mulberry leaves. Above right: arranging the leaves on shelves. Below right: feeding the mulberry leaves to the silkworms. Verso: Above left: inscription regarding payments for print designs for the Silkmaking and Hunt series. Below left: stacks of mulberry leaves on a rack, a jumping lynx. Verso right: three mulberry leaves., Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on two joined sheets of paper

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