Title: Allegory of the Course of Human Life (Choosing Virtue)
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1570 or before
Artist:  Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus 
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Bruges 1523–1605 Florence
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with heightening in opaque white; framing lines in pen and brown ink, by the artist
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (21.6 × 29.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Acquisitions Fund, 2014
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY