Elephant Hunt, Jan van der Straet, c. 1578

Identification

Title(s)

Elephant Hunt

Object type

drawing

Serial number

2/40?

Object number

RP-T-1934-9

Description

Ontwerp voor een prent.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan van der Straet

Dating

c. 1578

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with blue wash, heightened with white, on blue prepared paper

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 208 mm × width 304 mm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1934

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, William Adolf Baillie-Grohman (1851-1921) and Florence Baillie-Grohman-Nickalls (1860-?1930, Schloss Matzen, Tirol), London (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), 14 May 1923, no. 163, with five other drawings, probably unsold;{Copy RMA.} from Florence Baillie-Grohman-Nickalls (1860-?1930), Schloss Matzen, Tirol, with five other drawings, fl. 327.15, to the museum, 1934

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Netherlandish drawings of the 15th and 16th centuries, cat.nr. 432

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