Arma
date: label: Date
content: 1594–1596
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600
label: Engraver
content: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: A seated female figure, identified as Minerva, appears clad in armor at center. She wears a helmet and holds a shield with the head of Medusa. She is an allegory of the Art of War. At right, by her feet, are other weapons and armor, including several cannons. A battlefield is in the background beyond. At left are implements of peacetime industry and study, such as books and farming tools, with a marketplace beyond.  
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Latin inscription.
label: Description
content: Verso, below:  A landscape with hunters, hiding behind a stand of trees, shooting boars in a clearing.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1901-39-2663
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 wash, over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.8 × 14.7 cm (4 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.)