Fig 12. - Shooting Rabbits with the Crossbow.
[Joannes Stadanus born at Bruges 1536, died at Florence
1605, a Flemish historical painter who delighted in portraying all kinds
of sport, such as shooting, hunting, fishing and coursing, which he did
with wonderful skill and in the most realistic fashion. This picture is
reduced from ' Venationes Ferarum' a work consisting of 105 large plates
of sporting scenes, dated 1578
The hunters carry stonebows,
and the rabbits are beening driven from there burrows by smoke and fire.
Purse nets and stop nets may also be seen in use.]
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