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Engraving of hunters and dogs chasing deer toward nets in a forest, with a spearman in armour in the foreground and Latin text below.

Hunting Deer into Nets: Engraving after Stradanus

An engraved hunting scene in a wooded landscape: hunting dogs drive stags and deer toward netting at right while a mounted hunter and a man in armour with a spear close in. Latin inscriptions run along the lower margin beneath the scene.

Artist
Stradanus
Date
[1600?]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2920 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1610.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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