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

Plate 71, skylark hunt with falcons; in the foreground, a huntsman, seated in the forked branch of a tree, uses a long pole with a noose to capture skylarks feeding on the ground; at the foot of the tree, a gentleman holds a falcon, another the reins of a horse; beyond, to far left, two more huntsmen are seen, carrying falcons and poles, one ensnaring a quail with the noose engraving. Date: 1596 (or after). Dimensions: Height: 199 mm (image size); Width: 260 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (BM 1957,0413.78)