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Drawing, The Emperor Commodus Killing a Tiger
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1596 or before and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and 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
10.5 × 14.2 cm (4 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Verso, inscribed in pen and ink in the hand of Luigi Alamanni: "commodo / imperatore" / "[Lo] storico Greco racconta, che mentre uno / ..[ava] nel teatro una gabbia dove era una / [era], ella scappò, e si gli lancio a dorso, e lo / ... avrebbe subito morto, se non che Commodo Imp[er]a: / [to]re fu tanto presto e practico con l'arco, e con la / freccia (di quali molto si dilettava) che feri, et am/ mazzo il tigre innanzi che nocessi all'huomo
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Emperor Commodus Killing a Tiger; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper; 10.5 × 14.2 cm (4 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1492
