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Drawing, Retreat of the Turks after the Siege of Vienna, 1529
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1589 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Binding Evidence: Sixteen irregularly spaced stitching holes run along the bottom edge of the sheet.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 10.4 × 14.3 cm (4 1/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped on recto at lower right with mark for The Cooper Union Museum (L.457c).
It is inscribed
1901-39-2656v Inscription: nō(n) ano mosso ancora el teste E vogliano domandare Licentia al S.or p[o?] virgine - E predendano avere La dotta della moglie di Cossimo e le [chi?] n?ienti della figliola se V S sapete chi mori prima Cossimo o vostra padra se mori prima cosimo nō(n) podeva eridare Translation: “still have not moved the testimony and they want to ask permission from the Signore [?] virgin – and [probably: they claim] to have the [possibly: ‘permission’] of the wife of Cosimo and the [?] [?] of the daughter if Your Lordship knows who died first Cosimo or your father if Cosimo died first they would not be able to inherit”
Cite this object as
Drawing, Retreat of the Turks after the Siege of Vienna, 1529; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper; H x W: 10.4 × 14.3 cm (4 1/8 × 5 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2656
