Baptism of Christ
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: Christ stands in the foreground of a landscape, at center, with the dove of the Holy Spirit in the sky above. A river stretches behind him. St. John stands to the right, and two other figures to the left.
label: Description
content: Verso: The dead body of Christ appears at the center of the composition, supported by the Virgin Mary, who stands behind and above him. Two angels at either side hold his arms outstretched.
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: 1901-39-169
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
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, brush and brown wash over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.6 × 7.4 cm (4 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.)