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Engraving of figures in a garden at dusk catching moths around lanterns and smoking torches, with a dog in the foreground and a village behind.

Catching Night Moths, plate 25 from Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium

An engraved plate showing men at dusk trapping moths around glowing lanterns and smoking torches in a garden with a village beyond. One figure holds a long pole, another a net, while a dog sniffs the ground in the foreground. Latin verses and a plate number appear in the lower margin.

Artist
Jan van der Straet
Date
1596
Medium
Black ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 3113 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1596).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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