Jan Van Der Straet

Jan van der Straet – also known as Johannes Stradanus and Giovanni Stradano – presents the viewer with a masterful hunting scene executed in pen and ink. The artist provides a precise and realistic depiction of the flora and fauna, reflecting his Flemish origins, coupled with a powerful narrative, the climax of which is the charge of the wild boar, situated at the centre of a star-shaped composition formed by the spears and hunting dogs.This boar hunt recalls not only the Flemish realist style, but also the influence of the Florentine Mannerist painter Francesco Salviati (1510–1563) – with whom Stradanus collaborated in the 1550s – through the anatomical precision of the bodies, depicted in unusual positions.

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