Drawing, Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and subject: Philostratus, The Athenian. It is dated ca. 1597 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown 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

14.9 × 10.1 cm (5 7/8 in. × 4 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, above, numbered in pen and ink at lower left: ".3." Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: "nubie monticelle / e castello / giovani indiani / Apolino / mandorno oratori" Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "Appolonio ariviorono a uno castello dove abitorono bracomani" Recto, below, numbered in pen and ink at lower left: ".4." Recto, below, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: "Apolonio / teatro" Recto, below, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "mandorno oratori a Apolonio / Indiani monte [crossed out] / nel tempio Efesi una grava pestilensa" Verso, above, numbered in pen and ink at lower left ".1." Verso, above, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "Tyana cita greca posta ne confini capodotia" Verso, below, numbered in pen and ink at lower left: ".2."

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