File:Drawing, Sketchbook Page- Tiger Killed by Emperor Commodus in Amphitheater, ca. 1590 (CH 18109667-2).jpg
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editEnglish: Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Tiger Killed by Emperor Commodus in Amphitheater, ca. 1590
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Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus |
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English: Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Tiger Killed by Emperor Commodus in Amphitheater, ca. 1590 |
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English: Horizontal rectangle. A tiger, broken out of his cage, where another one still lies, charges a man. Two others flee. The setting is an arena with crowded ranks. An arrow, shot my a man from the Imperial box, is moving toward the beast. Recto, vertically, top: a rough outlining sketch for the representation. Beneath the shooting man is written: "commodo / imperatore"; beneath a line: "Storico greco racconta che mentre uno (spi)ava nel teatro una gabbia dove era una [tigre] ella scappò e si gli lanciò a dosso e lo sarebbe (?) subito morto se non che Commodo Imperatore fu tanto presto e practico con l'arco, e con la / freccia (di quali molto si dilettava) che ferì, et am/mazzo il tigre minanzi che curessi (? nocessi?) all'huomo" |
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Date |
circa 1590 date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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verso: pen and ink, brush and ash on paper recto: pen and ink on paper |
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Dimensions | 10.5 × 14.2 cm (4 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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1901-39-1492 |
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Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of various donors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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