Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above]; Apollonius Raising a Girl from the Dead in Rome [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1597
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: A figure identified as Apollonius sits on a throne at right, within a colonnaded interior. Before him, a figure—a young Athenian—stands, gesturing towards a statue at center, elevated upon a circular plinth. As a demon leaves the young Athenian’s body, it knocks over the statue. Many figures surround. Framing line below, with explanatory inscription in Italian.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: At center within a crowded urban space, two men carry a dead young bride on a stretcher. Apollonius, at center right, steps forward, one hand outstretched toward her. He will bring her back to life. 
label: Description
content: Verso, above: At center within a large colonnaded interior, a woman surrounded by attendants gives birth to a three-headed child, an omen of the Year of Three Emperors. Framing line below, with explanatory inscription in Italian. 
label: Description
content: Verso, below: A crowd gathers in an ancient urban space, looking towards the right, where the bodies of executed men appear upon an elevated platform. Apollonius, among the spectators at right, predicts that one prisoner will be saved from death. A messenger arrives at right to announce that the condemned man has been proven innocent.
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: 1901-39-2022
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 black wash over black chalk on laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.2 × 10.7 cm (6 × 4 3/16 in.)