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Drawing, Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering John's Head to her Parents [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Adriaen Collaert and Cornelis Galle I and published by Adriaen Collaert and Philips Galle. It is dated 1595 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and 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

14.3 × 10.2 cm (5 5/8 in. × 4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped on recto at center with mark for The Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 457c).

It is inscribed

Verso, inscribed in pen and ink within upper composition: "Danel consilij" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink at lower right, on a separate piece of paper used in an old repair: " 5 gioanni / 6 fare gioanni / creste / 7 fare batesi[mo] / Sarser[...]"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering John's Head to her Parents [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618), Cornelis Galle I; Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper; 14.3 × 10.2 cm (5 5/8 in. × 4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2668

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