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Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, First Version

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1593 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Janos Scholz. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council.

It is inscribed

Top left: primo Center right: aristotele / giudeo / [...] Lower right: 4 matrone

Cite this object as

Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, First Version; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council; 1947-57-14

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