Drawing, Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above]; Apollonius Raising a Girl from the Dead in Rome [below]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and subject: Philostratus, The Athenian. It is dated ca. 1597 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown 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

14.6 × 10.1 cm (5 3/4 in. × 4 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, above, numbered in pen and ink at lower left: ".5." Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: "Apolonio" Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "uno giovani spiritate in atene in gretia" Recto, below, numbered in pen and ink at lower center: ".6." Recto, below, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: "Apolonio" Recto, below, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "uno sapiento a roma apolioni fecce resusitare damorte / una fansula" Verso, above, numbered in pen and ink at lower center: ".7." Verso, above, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: "filostrate" Verso, above, inscribed in pen and ink along lower margin: "una dona partosi un figliol con 3. capi" Verso, below, numbered in pen and ink at lower left: ".8." Verso, below, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: "filostrate" Verso, below, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "allexdria in egete / ... domitianus giustitia"

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