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Drawing, Triumphal Arch
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and collaborator: Luigi Alamanni and subject: Dante Alighieri. It is dated late 1580s - 1590s and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is recto: pen and brown ink on laid paper verso: 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
14.7 x 10.9 cm (5 13/16 x 4 5/16 in. )
It is inscribed
Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: " [A] di 3 [?] de disembre 1587 Io gioanni strada fiamigho son convenuto queste di co(n) Me(sser) Louigi Allemani de fargli 25 disegni del i[n]ferno di dante secondo che da lui sara ordinato della grandessa e qualita de quelli gia da me fatte e me arebbe pagare lire quattordici di luono sia obligato pagarlo duo el mese come io hara cosigniato."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Triumphal Arch; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Collaborator: Luigi Alamanni (Italian, 1558–1603); Subject: Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265 – 1321); Netherlands; recto: pen and brown ink on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; 14.7 x 10.9 cm (5 13/16 x 4 5/16 in. ); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2635
