Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well
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: Landscape view with a group of women gathering at a well. A man stands to the left of the well, about to drink from the container of water offered him by one of the women. Camels stand beneath a palm tree at left. Other animals and figures surround, and a city is visible in the background.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: In a landscape, hunters catch snakes using two-pronged forks on long handles. They secure the snakes in sacks hung over the men’s shoulders. Dogs assist by barking, chivvying snakes out of their holes.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: In a landscape, three nude women stand in the foreground at left; they are the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Paris sits on a boulder at center, with Mercury standing just beyond. A bearded river god reclines at right. A background of rolling hills is behind.
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: 1901-39-2654
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 wash on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.6 × 14.2 cm (4 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)