Communion at Church
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1595 - 1605
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: Interior view of a church with an altar at center and figures surrounding, some kneeling. A priest stands to the left of the altar administering communion. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Verso: A priest administers the communion to an old woman lying in bed at right. Figures kneel left and right. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
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: 1901-39-168
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 ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes, over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7.7 × 10.5 cm (3 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.)