Horizontal rectangle. Three panthers spring at two bowls with excrements either hanging at a tree. A fourth stands tired upon his feet, a fifth is approaching. Two more are dead. Hidden behind bushes, shepherds watch in the left background. Mountainous country. Caption, written beside the shepherds: "pastori coperti/da fraschi da/lontane," under the central bowl: "in asia plinea. " reverse: "legonsi in un vaso as un altro albero gli escrementi sterco/delli huomini a le panthere come tighere ne sono tanto arcide che non gli potendo arrivare o amazzano col saltare per/avergli, lbo. 8 cap. 27. Plinio. " rough lateral, lower, uneven upper edges. Wrinkles. Spots. Related to engraving, pl. 15, in series venationes, ferarum, piscium. Date: circa 1590. Dimensions: H x W: 10.4 × 14 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.). Medium: brush and brown wash, laid paper, pen and brown ink. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, The Panther Trap, ca. 1590 (CH 18109897)
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