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Drawing, Marriage of the Virgin [left]; Marriage Feast at Cana [right]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Adriaen Collaert and published by Philips Galle. It is dated 1589 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash 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

H x W: 11.6 × 14.9 cm (4 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Recto, left, numbered in pen and ink at lower margin in center of image: "5" Recto, right, numbered in pen and ink at lower margin in center of image: "12"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Marriage of the Virgin [left]; Marriage Feast at Cana [right]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper; H x W: 11.6 × 14.9 cm (4 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-120

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