Triumph of Neptune and Galatea
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1585 – 1590
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: Neptune, at center, stands on a seashell chariot drawn by two
label: Description
content: seahorses. He holds his trident in his left hand and the reins in his right. On a second chariot behind him are two female figures, one standing with a billowing drapery above her head. Seahorses and mermaids surround.
label: Description
content: Verso: Italian inscriptions.
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: 1901-39-2674
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 and black inks, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.6 × 14.6 cm (4 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)