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Drawing, The Last Judgment
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and collaborator: Luigi Alamanni and engraved by Adriaen Collaert. It is dated ca. 1590 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is recto: pen and ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and ink on laid 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
H x W: 14.6 × 11.3 cm (5 3/4 × 4 7/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "[...] Continuoq(ue) avidis ubi subdita flamma medullis Vere magis, quia vere calor redit ossibus, illae ore omnes versae in Zephyru(m) stant rupibus altis exceptantq(ue) levis auras, et saepe sine ulllis coniugiis vento gravidae, mirabile dictu saxa p(er) et scopulos, et depressas convallis diffugiunt, non Eure tuos, neq(ue) solis ad ortus in Borea(n) cauru(m)q(ue), aut unde nigerrimus Auster nascitur, et pluvio contristat frigore caelum. --- Quando di pri[ma]vera il calore torna nell' ossa, e nello [...]"
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Last Judgment; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618); Collaborator: Luigi Alamanni (Italian, 1558–1603); Netherlands; recto: pen and ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and ink on laid paper; H x W: 14.6 × 11.3 cm (5 3/4 × 4 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-117
