Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1600
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: In the cave of the Cyclops, the giant Polyphemus reclines in the foreground. A group of Odysseus's men lower a spear into the Polyphemus’s eye to blind him. The men will use the sheep in the background to escape.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: In the center of a piazza, a group of figures stand around a stone platform upon which lies the body of a woman. Her faithful dog stands alert beside her.
label: Description
content: Verso: Odysseus enters a cave, at right. His ship is seen at left. The King of the winds, Aeolus, appears in the background at center.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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: 1901-39-146
objectType: 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 and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.3 × 11 cm (6 × 4 5/16 in.)