Lucifer Appearing to Dante and Virgil in Hell
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1585 – 1595
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Client
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
label: Engraver
content: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Engraver
content: Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Winged Lucifer stands in a round block of ice, crushing sinners
label: Description
content: with his teeth. The tiny figures of Dante and Virgil, the former seated, are visible in the background, behind Lucifer’s feet.
label: Description
content: Verso, left: St. Christopher stands on the bank of a river, the Christ Child on his shoulder. A woman at left holds a lantern.
label: Description
content: Verso, right: The Virgin, seated, wrapped in drapery, holds the young Jesus in her arms.
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: 1901-39-2645
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 brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.7 × 10.5 cm (6 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)