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"Drawing, The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]")
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Drawing, The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Karel van Mallery and published by Philips Galle. It is dated 1590s 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
10.4 × 14.9 cm (4 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto, left: numbered, upper right: 2. upper left: padre figliole e maria / spiritu sante upper right: angele ten la carta in mane lower margin: malata linferno e il paradiso e santi / diavoli fugano e purgatoria langeli / recomandono lanima adio Recto, right: numbered, top center: 4 lower margin: in transito diavoli in torno lette angeli / recevano lanima paradiso creste madona / gioannes e sante confessore con la candela in / mane donne piangano crusifisse
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Karel van Mallery; Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; 10.4 × 14.9 cm (4 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2644
