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Drawing, Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1590s and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash 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: 14.9 × 10.7 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink at upper right: "adone" Verso, numbered in pen and ink: "4"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; H x W: 14.9 × 10.7 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-137

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