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Drawing, Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1600 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash 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

H x W: 14.7 × 10.3 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink at upper right: "storia di erminia" Recto, below, inscribed in pen and ink at upper right: "la caccia di atalanta" Verso, inscribed in graphite in modern hand on backing paper: "V24"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; H x W: 14.7 × 10.3 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-130

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