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, Adoration of the Shepherds
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2655
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Retreat of the Turks after the Siege of Vienna, 1529
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over graphite on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2656
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Odysseus and the Sirens
- recto: pen and brown ink on laid paper [recto] verso: pen and brown ink,....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2657
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Title page for a Series of Hunting Scenes [above]; Unexperienced Hunter attacked by Snakes [below]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/362427_8ae48e10cdd964c6_n.jpg "Drawing, Title page for a Series of Hunting Scenes [above]; Unexperienced Hunter attacked by Snakes [below]")
- Drawing, Title page for a Series of Hunting Scenes [above]; Unexperienced...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, with corrections....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2658
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Spirit of Strength
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2659
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Gathering of Manna
- pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2660
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Arts, Personified by Apollo
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2661
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Triumph of Apollo and Aurora
- pen and ink, brush and wash, black chalk on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2662
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Art of War, Personified by Pallas Athena
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2663
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Hunt, Personified by Diana
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2664
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Spirit of Wisdom
- recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on paper....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2665
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Spirit of Science
- recto: pen and brown ink, brush wash on laid paper verso: pen and ink on....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2666
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Nuptials
- recto: pen and ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper verso: pen....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2667
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering John's Head to her Parents [below]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/145683_a0815e05c7792009_n.jpg "Drawing, Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering John's Head to her Parents [below]")
- Drawing, Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering...
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2668
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Drawing, Apollonius of Tyana meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; The Ghost of A Wicked Satyr Hunted by Ethiopians [below]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/377055_5abd2cf4df604b33_n.jpg "Drawing, Apollonius of Tyana meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; The Ghost of A Wicked Satyr Hunted by Ethiopians [below]")
- Drawing, Apollonius of Tyana meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2669
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2670
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Drawing, John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2671
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Holy Family with John the Baptist
- pen and ink on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2672
- 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 laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2673
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Triumph of Neptune and Galatea
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2674
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Giovanni de' Medici leading his troops across the river Adda,...
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash, corrected with white, over black chalk on....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2675
- 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 wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2676
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2677
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Man Looking in a Mirror, Possibly Socrates Teaching Self-Knowledge
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash, over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2678
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Spirit of Piety
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2679
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Drawing, Infirmity
- pen and ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2680
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Extreme Unction
- pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2681
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, First Version
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council.
- 1947-57-14
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Third Scene
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council.
- 1947-57-15
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Fourth Scene
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
- 1947-58-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Second Scene
- recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper verso: pen and....
- 1947-58-2
- 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
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- 1947-58-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper, lined with muslin.
- 1947-58-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Holy Family
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- 1947-58-5
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
- pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper.
- 1947-58-6
- This object was made by Philips Galle.
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Drawing, Men Hunting Bulls with Eagles
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white heightening on buff laid paper.
- Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper Hewitt....
- 2019-5-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
