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Drawing, Saint Luke in a Niche, ca. 1600
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1600 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and wash 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
15.2 x 10.5 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Large unidentified mark on the verso in red ink with crowned eagle. Stamped on verso with mark for The Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 645b).
It is inscribed
Verso, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "A a stare col vise tra le corne e co(n) lemane sula fronte che il toro vede lume corendo" Verso, inscribed in pen an ink along right margin: "adi 18 desemb(r)e beghost et fathen van 2 brellen te drinken Eadi 14 di genaio comensai a bere la botta de 4 barili e ½"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Saint Luke in a Niche, ca. 1600; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper; 15.2 x 10.5 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-126
