Death of the Woman of Sestos [above]; Inscription [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, above: In the center of the composition, the body of the Woman of
label: Description
content: Sestos is burned on a pyre. Seated and standing mourners surround her. An eagle that has been reared by the dead woman throws itself on her funeral pyre and is consumed by the flames along with her body.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Italian and Dutch inscriptions.
label: Description
content: Verso: Faint sketch with kneeling figures surrounding a center element. This unidentified subject is possibly related to the recto.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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: 1901-39-144
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 black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.2 × 9.8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 7/8 in.)