Annunciation [left]; Birth of the Virgin [right]
date: label: Date
content: 1589 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Publisher
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Description: Recto, left: Domestic interior with Mary seated on the ground before thehearth, reading. The angel appears above, at right. The scene is struck out.
label: Description
content: Recto, right: Interior of bedchamber with the bed of St. Elizabeth in background, left. In the foreground, servants bathe the infant Mary.
label: Description
content: Verso left: In a small chamber, the Virgin Mary kneels at left, clasping her hands and looking upward at the angel Gabriel, elevated at right. The Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, appears in a circle of light at center. Behind the Virgin at left are a chair and a fireplace with andirons at left, a vase at center, and a small table in the foreground at right. This is a version of the composition on the recto, at left. There, the image is subtly different, crossed out, and shown without wash.
label: Description
content: Verso, right: Elizabeth kneels at center, embraced by the standing figure of the Virgin. Figures, rendered in heavy wash, gather around. Some indication of courtyard architecture is visible in the background beyond.
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: 1901-39-147
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 over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.5 × 14.8 cm (4 1/8 × 5 13/16 in.)