Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1589 – 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: Diana and four of her maidens, bathing in a pool, are surprised by the appearance of a hunter, Actaeon. As a punishment, the goddess has causes him to be changed into a stag; he is shown in the process of transformation, with his head already turned into that of the animal.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Huntsmen on horseback, with dogs, hunting wild boars. In the background beyond, figures huddle in a cave. Slanted vertical lines over their heads suggest rain. The whole composition is struck through.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Bust-length images of two men, one old and bearded (on the left) and the other young and beardless (on the right).
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Two scenes from the Life of the Virgin in architectural settings. The Meeting of Anna and Joachim appears at left, and the Circumcision at right. On the other half of the page are two heads, one of an old man, the other of a youth.
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: 1901-39-137
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 over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.8 × 10.6 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)