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"Drawing, Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]")
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Drawing, Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1596 – 1600 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Binding Evidence: No visible stitching holes.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 14.7 × 10.5 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Verso, numbered in graphite in modern hand on backing paper: “V24” 1901-39-130r Inscription “storia di erminia” “la caccia di atalanta” Translation “story of Erminia” “the hunt of Atalanta” 1901-39-130v Inscription “Damiano Goes Rev[?]ise [nan?] gheheeten Tayo [dighest?]” Translation “Damiano Goes [revised?] also called Tayo [?]”
Cite this object as
Drawing, Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper; H x W: 14.7 × 10.5 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-130
