Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590 – 1595
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, left: Facade of a Florentine palazzo. The building has three stories, with the ground level featuring a rusticated architectural skin and the upper two stories heavily decorated.
label: Description
content: Recto, right: Within an arched space, Gabriel approaches from left, with the dove of the Holy Spirit above. The Virgin sits on the floor of her bedroom, beside a lectern.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Christ stands in the center of a hall administering Communion to a kneeling, haloed figure. Eleven other figures kneel at left, forming a semi-circle. A table and some spectators are at right. A colonnade is in the background.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Facade of a Florentine palazzo. The building has three stories, with the ground level featuring a rusticated architectural skin and the upper two stories heavily decorated.
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: 1901-39-2642
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 15.1 cm (4 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.)