Conquest of the Philippine Islands
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1598
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: A broad landscape with Philippine Islanders, shirtless, dressed in layered skirts and pointed hats, in the left foreground and at center. These Islanders shoot arrows towards Spanish troops, who approach, dressed in armor and carrying guns, from the right. In the background at right are five large Spanish ships, moored at sea. Small boats, sent from those ships, approach the bay.
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: 1901-39-2637
objectType: 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 brown and black washes, over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.1 × 14.3 cm (4 × 5 5/8 in.)