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Sketchbook Page with Rabbit Hunt

Jan van der Straet

Horizontal rectangle. Verso: Hunters, right, firing at rabbits. In the background, rabbits run toward net, pursued by hunters on horseback. Inscription, upper right. Recto: Rabbit hunt. Hunters and dogs in foreground. Rabbits run toward net in background, left. Six lines of inscription, upper right.

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors

c. 1590
Pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
1901-39-597
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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