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Drawing, Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1580–1605 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Binding Evidence: At least twenty-nine irregularly spaced stitching holes run along the bottom edge of the sheet. Blank space along that same margin on both recto and verso suggests that the sheet was bound into a sketchbook when the drawings were made.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 10.6 × 14.2 cm (4 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped twice on recto at lower center and upper margin with partial marks for the Cooper Union Museum (L.457d).
It is inscribed
Recto, numbered vertically along right side: “1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10” 1901-39-2654v Inscriptions: “Pari[...]ani cō(n) ū(n) saco a sinte de coma un forcini de L […]ani? e una de coma [?] ? molpite? p(er) mettere in saci le br[…]a a bara le serpe t?” “i asbi ci’e vipere” “botte e serpente” Translation: “[…] with a bag [possibly: ‘at left’] […] wooden poles to put […] […] the snakes ?” “asps that is vipers” “[?] and serpents”
Cite this object as
Drawing, Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; H x W: 10.6 × 14.2 cm (4 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2654
