Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1597
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 a landscape, a radiant figure at left, carrying an anchor, greets a group of four men at right. One of the men, identified as Apollonius, steps forward. Framing line below, with explanatory inscription in Italian. 
label: Description
content: Recto, below: In a city, a figure at left, identified as Apollonius, raises his hand giving instructions to a group of figures. At center is a theater, in which other figures throw stones at a figure on the ground—a beggar turning into a ferocious dog. An injured figure lies in the foreground.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Two women recline in a landscape near a pond. Several swans, grouped in pairs, wander nearby. Framing line below, with explanatory inscription in Italian. 
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Five figures in the foreground stand before and gesture towards a curving wall decorated with reliefs.  
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: 1901-39-2021
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
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 on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 × 10.8 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/4 in.)