![Standing figure,Oyster Shells [above]; Elephants Helping Each Other Out of a Trap [below]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-150.jpg)
Standing figure,Oyster Shells [above]; Elephants Helping Each Other Out of a Trap [below]
Catalogue
- Year
- 1596
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14.5 × 10 cm (5 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist

Drawing
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish (1523–1605)
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Men Hunting Bulls with Eagles
1600 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white heightening on buff laid paper
Odysseus and the Sirens
1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper
Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]
1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
Aeolus and the Winds
1600 · Patinated bronze
Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt in India [above right]; Dragon Hunt in India [below right].
1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper Verso: pen and brush and brown and black inks over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
Odysseus and the Cattle of the Sun God
1600 · Recto: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1596
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14.5 × 10 cm (5 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1596-031942
Source
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified


![Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-146.jpg)

![Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt in India [above right]; Dragon Hunt in India [below right].](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-154.jpg)
