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  • Hunting: dogs sniff around as boar are tracked, shot and strung up on horseback, killed by lead bullets. Engraving by Philipps Galle after Jan van der Straet.
  • Hunting: hunters smoking rabbits out of their burrows, beating the ground with clubs, and closing ranks to catch rabbits. Engraving attributed to A. Wierix II after J. Stradanus.
  • Saint John the Baptist as a child, in the wilderness, with two angels and a lamb; city in the background. Engraving by A. Collaert after J. van der Straet, 161-.
  • John the Baptist receiving his first bath, Elizabeth is recovering in bed while Zacharias is recording the childs name. Engraving after J. van der Straet.
  • The preparation of the medicine guaiacum from a tree (right), and a man in bed suffering from syphilis, drinking a decoction of the medicine (left). Line engraving by P. Galle after J. van der Straet.
  • A man dies and his soul ascends to heaven. Etching by Karel van Mallery after Jan van der Straet.
  • Hunting: dogs scare the deer into nets, while a hunter throws his spear into the antlers of a stag. Engraving by Philipp Galle after Stradanus.
  • The preparation of the medicine guaiacum from a tree (right), and a man in bed suffering from syphilis, drinking a decoction of the medicine (left). Line engraving by P. Galle after J. van der Straet.
  • Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
  • The personification of Rome sitting on a column, balancing the statue of Mars on her hand; next to her the river god Tiber and the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus, behind them the panorama of Rome; representing the city of Rome. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
  • The power of understanding: Joseph's counsel to Pharaoh, to look out a man, discreet and wise, to organise the harvesting and storage of grain for the country and avoid famine. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.
  • The power of wisdom: Solomon gives the order that a child should be cut in half to stop two women fighting over it. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Agatha. Engraving by P. Galle after Jan van der Straet (Stradanus), 15--.
  • Figures practising the fine arts and drawing from a suspended skeleton and corpse. Engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after J. van der Straet.
  • The power of knowledge: Peter and the disciples go to Solomon's arch and preach, having cured a lame man. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.