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

Plate 68, bird hunt with owls; in the left foreground, from a high vantage point, a group of three figures collect the dead birds in a basket, while a young boy regards the hunting scene on a plain below; to the right, three huntsmen camoflaged by leaves, hold pairs of tongs beneath owls tied to posts, on which small birds land and become entrapped; in the distance, to the right, nets are erected and men raise sticks; beyond them a building stands before a mountain on the horizon engraving. Date: 1596 (or after). Dimensions: Height: 200 mm; Width: 271 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (BM 1957,0413.76)