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"Drawing, Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]")
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Drawing, Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1595 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on 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
10.5 × 15 cm (4 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped on recto at lower center with mark for The Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 457d).
It is inscribed
Recto, numbered in pen and ink at center: ".8." Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "Adi 16 di martzo 1591 mori S.or Alfonse picelsuomini sanese / in zimara bisa fodrata sotta di rosse e il sintole / rosse e queste fu la ........calsa rossa /..... pianella de vlaste nere"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper; 10.5 × 15 cm (4 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2652
