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Drawing, The Marriage Feast at Cana, ca. 1589

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1589 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown and gray wash on paper, over black chalk 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: 7.1 × 9.9 cm (2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped on recto at lower right with partial mark for The Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 457c).

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Marriage Feast at Cana, ca. 1589; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown and gray wash on paper, over black chalk on laid paper; H x W: 7.1 × 9.9 cm (2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-119

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