Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, Jan Collaert II, 1596 (or after)

Plate numbered 82, the catching of night owls; in the left foreground, three huntsmen are seated around a lantern, two holding burning torches; in the midground, huntsmen carrying cages beat the trees in which the birds nest, while the birds perch on sticks placed there to facilitate their capture; in the background, to the right, a tree burns engraving. Date: 1596 (or after). Dimensions: Height: 197 mm (image size); Width: 261 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (BM 1957,0413.79)