David Receives the Holy Bread and Sword of Goliath [above]; Two Dragons Decapitated [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca .1595–1605
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, above: Within a portico, David receives the holy bread and sword of Goliath from the priest Ahimelech. Figures and buildings appear in the background. The drawing has been heavily reworked. An inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: A dragon lies beheaded in the foreground of a landscape. A man bends over it, holding an axe, with other figures nearby. In the background, another man raises an axe above a second dragon, which lies at his feet.
label: Description
content: Verso: In the foreground of a landscape with army camps seen beyond, Jonathan dips a rod into honeycomb upon the ground, then eats it. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
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: 1901-39-162
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, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.7 × 10.9 cm (6 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.)