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Hunt for Partridges
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Hunt for Partridges

Philips Galle · 1578 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

In the foreground hunters lure partridges into the field by means of a call whistle. Nets are then stretched over the fields. Thus hunters catch partridges. The print bears a Latin inscription and forms part of a 43-part series on hunting.

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Credit lineJacht op patrijzen. 1578. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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