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Drawing, Infirmity

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1590s and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray 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

9.7 × 13.6 cm (3 13/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink in composition at lower left: Infirmità

Cite this object as

Drawing, Infirmity; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk on paper; 9.7 × 13.6 cm (3 13/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2680

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