Pages of a sketchbook. Recto: four scenes, upper left, lower left. Thessalians fighting bulls, upper right, lower right. Horizontal rectangle. Verso: four scenes. Upper left: men fighting bulls in an arena, as the king observes, left. In background man on horseback rides to attack bull. Lower left: another version of men fighting bulls. King in background, right. Upper right and lower right: two versions of scenes of men fighting alligators. Verso, upper right: nativity of st. John (?). Lower right: men fighting bulls. Lower left: statue of king on pedestal set in forest, observed by three men (horizontal); the composition set upper right. Upper left notations. Date: 1587. Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.2 cm (6 x 8 3/4 in.). Medium: laid paper, pen and brown ink, wash. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Scenes of Thessalians Fighting Bulls and Men Battling Alligators, 1587 (CH 18109773-2)
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