Melchizedek Brings Bread and Wine to Abraham [above]; Unicorn Hunt [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1584–1605
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, above: King Melchizedek stands at left accompanied by servants carrying bread and wine. Abram (later called Abraham) and his family kneel before him at right. Italian inscriptions appear in the composition at upper right and below the framing line at the lower margin of the image.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Landscape with hunters armed with bows and arrows being attacked by unicorns.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: In an open portico, standing figures gather around a table upon which the Passover lamb has been placed. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Coat of Arms with Medici palle, fleurs-de-lis, and an unidentified element, surmounted by a grand ducal crown, flanked by allegorical figures.
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: 1901-39-138
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: 15.7 × 10.4 cm (6 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)