The Charity of Saint Nicholas
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1585 - 1588
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Theodor Galle, ca. 1571 - 1633
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: View of an interior by a hearth. Three girls sit nearby, carrying out household tasks. In the background at left, their father, an impoverished nobleman, sits resting his head on his hand. A winged devil appears over his head. Saint Nicholas, wearing a miter, appears at a window in the background at right, offering three golden balls to the girls.
label: Description
content: Verso: Fragment of inscription.
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: 1901-39-294
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 and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.4 × 8.2 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)