Vanitas
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Bruges 1523–1605 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: mid-16th–early 17th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk.  Laid down on a cardboard mount with black, brown and gold framing lines
Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.  (9.8 x 14.0 cm); margins irregular. Mount: 6 1/5 x 7 1/15 in. (15.7 x 17.9 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Accession year: 1950
Tags: Women|Chairs