Triumph of Apollo and Aurora
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1585–1590
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: Apollo, appearing in a blaze of light, rides towards left in a chariot drawn by four winged horses. A female figure identified as Aurora stands before him, a star above her head. In the background, another female figure rides in a smaller chariot in the shape of a crescent moon.
label: Description
content: Verso: Italian and Latin inscriptions.
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: 1901-39-2662
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 and black inks, 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 × 14.6 cm (4 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.)