Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Second Scene

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1595 or before and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper verso: pen and ink on laid paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Janos Scholz.

Its dimensions are

10.7 × 14.5 cm (4 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped on verso with mark for the Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 457e).

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in pen and ink at upper left: "aquilia" [struck out] "laquila" "iacopo" "S.Paolo" At middle left: "langele" "S.Pero" At upper center: "secondo" At upper right: "un splendore" "sacra scritura" "compagnia che receve la sacra scritura chiese" "sacra scritura belle done gran[d?]e [?] una carta da scrivere" Along bottom margin: "una donne scone op de carre presentert in buch von in hagghe an in ander ionghe wrauwe die aer brecht met de harmen crus wris in den buch in de gione haerre ghehocken van de 4 evangelis ten den inghel woereen in den harrent boeven al s peter let den leuw s pauwels den osse S iacop besiden in van der apostel san pauel" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "de carre bove(n) in inghel scone haensecht onder serpent 3 perden strecken de carre gheleit van 3 personagen ghelecke gheseekent ziin boeven 3 inghelen met groete brieven et locht moet comme(n) van de duven ... soldi 7"

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