Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists [left]; Saint Bridget [right, above]; Hospital Scene [right, below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1580 – 1605
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, left: Crucifix within an elaborate frame, crowned with angels. The four Evangelists with their attributes kneel in pairs, below, at left and at right.
label: Description
content: Recto, above right: St. Bridget, holding a lit candle, stands before a Crucifix at right.
label: Description
content: Recto, below right: A bird's-eye view of a hospital, with occupied beds along the right wall. In the background, figures near a door gather around another bed. Other figures sit on benches near the hearth at left. In the center of the room, a male attendant carries a bowl.
label: Description
content: Verso: Oblique view of a pedestal with an equestrian monument to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Behind his horse stands an unclothed youth carrying a small sword in his left hand and a dead child upon his right shoulder.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.8 × 14.5 cm (4 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.)