Drawing, Melchizedek bringing bread and wine to Abraham [above]; Below: Unicorn hunt [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and published by Philips Galle and engraved by Hans Collaert II and subject: Medici Family and Philostratus, The Athenian. It is dated ca. 1597 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown 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

H x W: 17.3 × 10.3 cm (6 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink in composition: "genesis capitolo 14" "pocco [?] hersercite [?]" "arme roba [?] " "non a stare in ginogia" Recto, above, inscribed along bottom margin: "Genesi Melchisede Re di pacce saserdote di dio Ca 14" Recto, below, inscribed above composition: "creste in splendore sopra le nubele intorno angeli con tutte le passerone" --- "po[...] ersersite di 300" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "luno sinte e calsata [E]xodo Anello pasquale capitola 12"

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