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Aeolus and the Winds
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Patinated bronze · 1600
Art Institute of Chicago

Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
print — engraving on paper · 1597
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Indians Catching Fish with the Help of Pelicans
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
nature studies, print — engraving on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on laid paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Crocodile Hunt in Tentyra, in Egypt, plate 30 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — black ink on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Crane Hunt using Cones, plate 28 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Color Olivi (Invention of Oil Painting), plate 14 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
print — engraving on laid paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Buffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
nature studies, print — engraving on paper · 1596
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Title page of “Nova Reperta”
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on laid paper · 1591
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Three ships surrounded by monsters
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
seascapes, print — engraving on paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Engraving on metal; Engravers on a ship
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Staphae, Sive Strapedes (Invention of the Stirrup), plate 9 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Lapis Polaris Magnes (Invention of the Compass), plate 2 of the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A water mill
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

St John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
religion, print — engraving on paper · 1588
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

St. Anne, the Virgin and the Christ Child
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1580
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
figures, print — engraving on paper · 1578
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
nature studies, print — engraving on paper · 1575
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum