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Drawing, Nuptials

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Rafael Sadeler I and dedicatee: Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. It is dated 1595 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is recto: pen and ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and ink 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

10.7 × 14.7 cm (4 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped on recto at lower left with mark for The Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 457c). Stamped on verso at center right with mark for The Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 645b).

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink at upper center: "comediant / himeneus" at upper left: "dansen" Recto, numbered in pen and ink at lower center: ".5." Verso, inscribed in pen and ink, the entire text struck through with a vertical line: "[...]anden hersamen [...G]ioanni e Ra[fael] Sadler Eccelente copersniders in figure [...]in monacho in Baierlant [...]2 di marzo 1595 ando [...le]ttere al Sadeler co(n) la seste Monacho – [...] creste e delle Recentio dele 20 [scudi] doro [...]Racomandata al M(esser) Giorgio Limaner [...f]iamigo al ponte del velio[?] a Santa Apolinare alli insegna de Anversa in Venetia ---- 1594 6 - adi 17 di settemb(r)e mandai el primo designi la pelgrina al Sadeler 2 - Eadi 8 dottobre mandai el secondo designi apollo al Sadler ---- 3 - Eadi 12 novemb(r)e mandai la Titola al Sadeler la nobilitas ---- 4 Eadi 19 deste mandai al Sadeler la diana ---- 5 Eadi 21 de genaio mandai minerva o pallas 6 Eadi 28 deste mandai el seste petze imeneus Sadeler in monaco" Inscribed in pen and ink along right margin, a series of dots followed by a single word, perhaps “giunone”

Cite this object as

Drawing, Nuptials; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Rafael Sadeler I (Flemish, 1560/61 - 1628/32); Dedicatee: Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (French, 1562 - 1630); Netherlands; recto: pen and ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper verso: pen and ink on laid paper; 10.7 × 14.7 cm (4 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2667

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