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"Drawing, Apollonius of Tyana meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; The Ghost of A Wicked Satyr Hunted by Ethiopians [below]")
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Drawing, Apollonius of Tyana meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; The Ghost of A Wicked Satyr Hunted by Ethiopians [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 over black chalk 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
14.4 × 10.3 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto, above, numbered in pen and ink at lower center: ".9." Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: "nilo / capo / capo con / i piedi" Recto, above, inscribed in pen and ink along bottom margin: "caccare elifanti e mangiare vedano pigmei e gente" Recto, below, numbered in pen and ink at lower left: ".10."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Apollonius of Tyana meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; The Ghost of A Wicked Satyr Hunted by Ethiopians [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Subject: Philostratus, The Athenian (Greek, 170 - 247 CE); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; 14.4 × 10.3 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2669
