Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left]; The Banquet of King Ahasuerus [above right]; Christ Surrounded by Angels with the Arma Christi [below right].
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 left: Within a wooded landscape, an angel stands over a reclining figure, handing the latter something to eat. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Recto, above right: King Ahasuerus reclines on a couch at the head of a long dining table, at center. Other figures surround, seated at the table or attending in the hall. Two archways in the background at left and right open onto more banqueting scenes. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Recto, below right: The figure of Christ in glory appears in a burst of light at the center of the composition, framed by a decorative border. Possibly a design for a title page for a Passion series.
label: Description
content: Recto, below left: Waist-length figures of Gabriel and the Virgin appear in two isolated rectangular enclosures.
label: Description
content: Verso, above left: A king reclines on a couch at the head of a dining table in a large hall filled with people. A figure lies on the ground at right, with two others bending over him. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Verso, above right: Within a portico, dense with columns, two figures kneel before a priest to receive Communion. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Verso, below right (inverted): St. Anthony of Padua, dressed in monks' robes, stands before two kneeling figures. He holds a flaming heart in one hand, and a book in the other.
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: 1901-39-2646
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 and black washes, over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.2 × 21 cm (6 × 8 1/4 in.)