Collection Highlights: Stradanus Drawings at Cooper Hewitt
Cooper Hewitt is home to 143 sketches and one modello (a preparatory study) by the Netherlandish artist Johannes Stradanus, also known as Jan van der Straet (1523-1605). As one of the head artists at the Medici court in Florence, Stradanus worked as a painter and designer. He was also a prolific printmaker whose engravings circulated widely across Europe as well as Asia and the Americas. Cooper Hewitt's drawings were made as preparatory works for these engravings and provide valuable insight into Stradanus’s working methods and artistic networks. For more on the artist, including recent research and conservation, please visit The Stradanus Project, https://www.cooperhewitt.org/the-stradanus-project
- Drawing, Hare Hunting with Nets and Guns
- pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-597
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Stag Hunt with Rifles
- pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-598
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Christ Saving Peter from Drowning
- pen and ink, brush and brown and gray wash over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1067
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Medieval Crucifix
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1069
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Military Trophy
- pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1265
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Emperor Commodus Killing a Tiger
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1492
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon [below]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/377034_a2687128c3162259_n.jpg "Drawing, Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon [below]")
- Drawing, Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2021
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above]; Apollonius Raising a Girl from the Dead in Rome [below]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/377035_133df83bc75be6f7_n.jpg "Drawing, Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above]; Apollonius Raising a Girl from the Dead in Rome [below]")
- Drawing, Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above];...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2022
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Military Trophy
- pen and ink, brush and blue wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2274
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Title Page
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2280
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Escutcheon with arms of Ferdinand I de' Medici, Cardinal and Grand...
- recto: pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2323
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Deer Hunt of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Ubaldo Ubaldini
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2481
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Alexander the Great watching a Fight between his Dog, an Elephant,...
- pen and brown ink, brush and grey-brown wash on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2482
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Lunette with the Penitent Magdalene
- pen and ink, brush and wash , black chalk on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2483
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Crocodile Hunt in Egypt
- black chalk, pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2501
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/145320_81e8936c2018cc23_n.jpg "Drawing, The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below]")
- Drawing, The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above];...
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2633
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Penitent Man on his Deathbed; The Penitent Man Visited by a...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2634
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Triumphal Arch
- recto: pen and brown ink on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink, brush and....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2635
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Conquest of the Philippine Islands
- pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2637
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, The Collecting of Bitumen [above]; Catching Night Moths [below]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/144054_000fdadb16644593_n.jpg "Drawing, The Collecting of Bitumen [above]; Catching Night Moths [below]")
- Drawing, The Collecting of Bitumen [above]; Catching Night Moths [below]
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2638
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2639
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2640
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2641
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/377046_d0bc6fedcaac3102_n.jpg "Drawing, Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]")
- Drawing, Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left];...
- pen and brown ink, brown wash on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2642
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Two Views of Judith and Holofernes
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2643
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/377048_b9a9708bba2046cc_n.jpg "Drawing, The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]")
- Drawing, The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2644
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Lucifer Appearing to Dante and Virgil in Hell
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2645
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left]; The Banquet of King Ahasuerus [above right]; Christ Surrounded by Angels with the Arma Christi [below right].](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/377049_924a637412a93edb_n.jpg "Drawing, Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left]; The Banquet of King Ahasuerus [above right]; Christ Surrounded by Angels with the Arma Christi [below right].")
- Drawing, Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on...
- pen and brown ink, brush and gray and gray-brown wash, over black chalk on....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2646
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Lamentation over the Dead Christ
- black chalk, pen and brown ink, grayish-brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2647
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Adoration of the Magi
- pen and brown ink on laid paper; with the addition of brush and wash on verso.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2648
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Zeuxis painting Helen
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2649
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Zeuxis painting Helen
- pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2650
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Zeuxis painting Helen
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper .
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2651
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/145394_03d3589de1a4f764_n.jpg "Drawing, Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]")
- Drawing, Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2652
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Spirit of Intellect
- pen and brown ink, wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2653
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2654
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
