John the Baptist Preaching
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1585 – 1587
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 haloed figure, probably St. John the Baptist, stands in an elevated position at left, within a densely wooded glen. Figures gather below, apparently listening to him preach. A halo seems to be indicated above his head. An elaborate ornamental border encloses the left half of the scene. Italian inscriptions at upper right, and illegible at lower right.
label: Description
content: Verso: 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: 1901-39-145
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 wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.4 × 21.4 cm (6 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.)