The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590 – 1595
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Collaborator
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
label: Engraver
content: Karel van Mallery, Flemish, 1571 – 1635
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto, left: View into a bedroom with a dying man in bed surrounded by family, with demons representing the seven deadly sins clustering near his headboard. Through the open door in the background, right, the doctor can be seen arriving. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears at the bottom of the image. The image is numbered “.1.” at upper left.
label: Description
content: Recto, right: View into a bedroom with a dying man in bed attended by many figures, including angels and clergy. Demons flee at left. The image is numbered “.3.” at upper center. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears at the bottom of the image.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Italian inscription in the hand of Luigi Alamanni, with shorter notes in Italian and Dutch above and below in the hand of Stradanus.
label: Description
content: Verso, below: Lot sits by a fire holding a wine goblet in his right hand. His daughters appear beside him. All are undressed or only partially clothed.
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: 1901-39-2634
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, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.7 × 14.9 cm (4 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)