The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1580 – 1605
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Engraver
content: Rafael Sadeler I, Flemish, 1560/61 - 1628/32
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, above: The young St. John the Baptist walks in a wood. A lamb goes before him, angels beside.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Nighttime scene with the Virgin Mary seated at center. She holds the Christ child and angels and saints kneel before them, to left and right.
label: Description
content: Verso, left: A nighttime scene of Christ on the cross, at center, with angels flying to the left and right. His followers kneel in the foreground beneath the cross. In the background at left is a soldier on horseback. At right, a figure climbs down a ladder. Spectators appear in the background beyond.
label: Description
content: Verso, right (inverted): in an arcaded interior, a figure at left walks forward, holding a heavy bag over his shoulder. At center right, Christ stands in conversation with another figure. Others lie on the ground.
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: 1901-39-2633
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.8 × 9.8 cm (6 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.)