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Drawing, Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists [left]; Saint Bridget [right, above]; Hospital Scene [right, below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1590s and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is recto: pen and ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper verso: black chalk with inscriptions in pen and ink. 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 × 10.9 cm (5 7/8 × 4 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, left, inscribed in pen and ink: "Sta Brigida" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: " [...]ranide / pigme antonino la pidelstalle co(n) antonino filosofa padre e comodo figliolo nudo co(n) spada in mano u(n)o ba(m)bino in spala morte"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists [left]; Saint Bridget [right, above]; Hospital Scene [right, below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; recto: pen and ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper verso: black chalk with inscriptions in pen and ink; H x W: 14.9 × 10.9 cm (5 7/8 × 4 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-142

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