Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering Saint John's Head to her Parents [below]
date: label: Date
content: 1595 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Engraver
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
label: Publisher
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, above: Salome dances at the center of a long hall. Onlookers stand at right. At left is a banquet table, King Herod and his guests reclining on couches.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Salome dances in the foreground of a large hall with a long banquet table pictured behind her. Diners recline on couches surrounding the table, with King Herod at the head of the table at right. An old repair is at lower left.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Daniel interprets the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar. In a large hall, Daniel stands at right before the king, at left.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Two ovals, one containing a bust-length image of the Virgin praying over the dead Christ, and the other containing a depiction of a praying male saint. An old repair is at lower right.
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: 1901-39-2668
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, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.4 × 10.3 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/16 in.)