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Hendrik Hondius I
Battling Animals1610

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Engraving of a horse bending to grip a stick held by a crocodile-like creature, with snakes and a gnarled tree to the left and mountains in the distance; Latin text along the bottom margin
Engraving of a lion on its back grappling with a serpentine creature, rendered with fine crosshatching; rocky landscape and distant architecture in the background; Latin text and plate number along the lower margin.
Engraving of a horse and lion in combat; the lion bites the horse's leg while the horse rears slightly, rendered with fine cross-hatching and flowing mane details. Numbered '4' at bottom center.
Engraving of two fantastical creatures locked in combat, one lion-like with a flowing mane and tail, the other a horned beast with clawed feet, rendered with dense cross-hatching; numeral 5 below.
Engraving of two horses in dynamic interaction, one rearing with forelegs raised while the other lunges forward with open mouth, rendered with dense cross-hatching; sparse landscape with trees in the background; numeral 6 below.
Engraving of a lion and a wild boar in combat, the lion biting the boar's neck from behind with dense crosshatched shading; date inscribed lower right.
Engraving of a lion pinning a bull to the ground, jaws clamped on the bull's neck; dense crosshatching conveys musculature and fur; numbered '8' below.
Engraving of a bull standing over a fallen lion, rendered with dense crosshatching. The bull's muscular form looms above the lion's limp, mane-framed head. Date "1610" and number "9" visible in lower margin.
Engraving of two bulls with heads lowered and horns locked in combat, rendered with fine crosshatching to suggest musculature and volume; numbered "10" at bottom center.
Engraving of an elephant and a rhinoceros facing each other with trunks and horns interlocked at center; dense cross-hatched rendering, palm trees and a small monkey visible in the background, numbered '11' at bottom.
Engraving of two large animals in combat — a bear-like creature grappling with a striped tiger — set against a rocky landscape background, rendered with fine crosshatching; numbered 12 below.
Engraving of two fantastical hybrid creatures in combat on a rocky ground, one boar-like with spotted fur biting the neck of a spotted quadruped whose tail terminates in a serpent's head; fine crosshatching throughout, landscape background, numbered '13' below.
Engraving of a three-headed dog creature with collared necks, shown in profile with mouths open and bodies intertwined; small animals including sheep and a hedgehog appear in the background; fine crosshatching throughout; number 14 inscribed at bottom center.
Engraving of two dogs fighting in the foreground, one pinning the other on its back, rendered with fine cross-hatching; a third dog visible in a sketched landscape background. Dated 1610, numbered 15.
Engraving of two dogs facing each other in a landscape setting; the left dog stands with arched back and curled tail, the right crouches low with long ears and an open mouth, a castle and trees visible in the background. Numbered 16 and dated 1610 in the lower margin, with fine cross-hatched linework throughout.
Engraving of two horned rams rearing up facing each other in a rocky landscape, with dense cross-hatched line work, a tree at upper right, and the number 17 below.
Engraving of a bearded male figure mounted on a leaping lion, grappling with a large striped tiger; the man raises a spear overhead with dense crosshatched line work and a landscape visible in the background.
Engraving depicting two hybrid figures in a landscape: a satyr at left drawing a bow and arrow, and a centaur at right rearing up while carrying a dead animal and raising a spear. Rocky outcroppings with architectural structures visible in the background. Fine crosshatched linework throughout. Numbered '19' at bottom center.
Engraving of a large eagle with spread wings perched atop a prostrate stag, talons gripping its back, both animals rendered with fine crosshatched detail against a rocky landscape background; numeral 20 at bottom center.
Engraving of a griffin and a dragon locked in combat, their bodies intertwined; the griffin with spread feathered wings and eagle head faces left, while the serpentine dragon coils around it; fine cross-hatched linework with the numeral 21 below.
Engraving of two roosters facing each other in the foreground, with fine cross-hatched feather detail; in the background, a fox runs while carrying a third bird in its mouth. Numbered '22' below and dated 1630 at lower right.
Engraving of two intertwined sea monsters with open jaws, scales, and fins, rendered in dense crosshatching against churning waves; numbered 23 with Latin inscription below.
Engraving of a large winged dragon with scaled body and open jaws, surrounded by fleeing animals including dogs, a boar, wolves, and birds in flight; a small human figure appears at lower right; Latin text along the bottom border reads 'VBI ADSUM' and 'VITIOSA ABSUNT' with the number 24.
Artist or Maker
Hendrik Hondius I
Title
Battling Animals
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1610
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Various dimensions
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.296-.319
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.