The Spirit of Wisdom
date: label: Date
content: 1595 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: The Judgment of Solomon, with Solomon seated at right, surrounded by his court. Two women appear before him, one kneeling, the other standing at left. Between them a soldier holds the disputed infant in one hand; with the other he raises a sword. The child's true mother will choose to save him.
label: Description
content: Verso: Dutch inscription
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: 1901-39-2665
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 wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7.3 × 9.8 cm (2 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)