Drawing, John the Baptist Preaching

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1587 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash, 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: 15.4 × 21.4 cm (6 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink: "A di 27 daprille 1587 m[esser] Baccio Baccelli levo da me 12 caccia per 3 cratzia luno dacordo / montano cratcia 36 lire 3 e 4 cratcia in cratzia 45 lira 1 soldi 10 prestansa 18...... motano lire 3 / ... 12 prestansa / 18 ... / montano / lire 3 / passia / picola / nomero / 21 / [...] 12 Verso, left, inscribed in pen and ink: "6 e mezo dermesino lire 5 [...] --- x 7 [...] [...era] da cusire e la pianelli lire 4 lire [?] [...nastre] per lonamente de seta lire 8 bottoni soldi [...bo]toni lire dua soldi 13 --- lire 2 soldi 13 [...] [...]apigniano de calzette --- lire 4 --- [...] ponture nel [?] ---lire --- soldi 13 [...] [...] p(er) dermesino p(er) il capelli lire 7 ½ [...] de Taffeta p(er) il farida --- lire 13 ½ [...] di paia de passamana p(er) ---- [...] --- lire 5 soldi 8 [...] [...] Verso, right, inscribed in pen and ink: [...] per botoni lire 10 conte de .... fiamingho calzoni soldi 3 per manifatura il gibone soldi 3 la cagica soldi 3½ il farafolo soldi 3½ botone soldi .. lire 10 libre da .. / era .. 19e la stopp... / erano libre .. / 14½"

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