Odysseus and the Sirens
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1600
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: Odysseus stands aboard the deck of a ship, at left. Near the shore, in the right foreground, a group of Sirens call to him. Mountains appear in the background. 
label: Description
content: Verso: Within a cave, Odysseus appears in armor, at right. He walks left, gesturing in greeting toward nude figures that stand and kneel before him.
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: 1901-39-2657
objectType: 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 black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7.6 × 10.4 cm (3 × 4 1/8 in.)