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Drawing, Christ Saving Peter from Drowning

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1590s and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown and gray wash over black chalk on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

13.9 × 9.8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Christ Saving Peter from Drowning; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown and gray wash over black chalk on paper; 13.9 × 9.8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1067

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