Odysseus's Fleet Destroyed by the Laestrygonians [above]; Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship of Rome [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1600
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, above: Giants called Laestrygonians throw boulders at Odysseus's fleet. Poseidon, visible rising from the water, appears in the foreground at right.
label: Description
content: Recto, below: Cincinnatus, clothed as a farmer and carrying a basket and tools, walks from left towards an amphitheater. A Roman skyline appears beyond.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Interior with Odysseus and Circe. At left, Circes offers a drink to Odysseus. He, at center, draws his sword. At right, his companions are turned into swine.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Italian 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: 1901-39-161
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 black wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.3 × 10.9 cm (6 × 4 5/16 in.)