Inscription [above left]; Woman of the Apocalyse [above right]; Coronation of the Virgin [below left]; Frontispiece [below right]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1580–1605
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 left: Italian inscription.
label: Description
content: Recto, above right: The winged Woman of the Apocalypse stands on a crescent moon, her child rising above her head. A many-headed dragon is at her left.
label: Description
content: Recto, below left: The Virgin, kneeling in the clouds, is crowned by Jesus (at right), and God the Father (at left). 
label: Description
content: Recto, below right: Design for a frontispiece with columns flanking a center panel and putti above. 
label: Description
content: Verso, left (inverted): A sideboard with dishes. (On the same sheet as recto, below.) 
label: Description
content: Verso, right: St. George in armor on a rearing horse. (On the same sheet as recto, above.)
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: 1901-39-562
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 two spuriously joined sheets of laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall): 20.2 × 14 cm (7 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Top sheet): 10.3 × 13.8 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Bottom sheet): 10.7 × 14 cm (4 3/16 × 5 1/2 in.)