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Drawing, The Gathering of Manna

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1597 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk 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

11 × 14.6 cm (4 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "Esodo il populo diserael ragonano la mana cap.lo 16" Recto, numbered in pen and ink within scene at upper left: ".16." Verso, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "[iu]dici laltare de petere langele nelle fiame cap 13" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink within scene at upper right: "uno langele"

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Gathering of Manna; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on paper; 11 × 14.6 cm (4 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2660

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