Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"
date: label: Date
content: 1578
name: label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Maker
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. An escutcheon surrounded by many animals, statues of Diana and another huntress, two hunters and the coat of arms of the Medici with spears and horns, contains the text beginning: "COSMVS MED. MAGN: ETRVRIAE" and ending with : "Johannes Stradensis Flanfrius inuen. Philippus Galle Sculp. et exud:/1578." Bottom center: Ad Lectorem. Framing lines, bottom: Exornant aulasque aulea parentis Hetrusci, Pluribid exemplis his tibi lector habe."
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8417
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 30.9 x 41.9 cm (12 3/16 x 16 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Printing block: 21.1 x 30.8 cm (8 5/16 x 12 1/8 in.)