Triumphal Arch
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1588
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: Partial elevation of a triumphal gateway with arched openings below and a broad frieze above. It is surmounted at center by a balcony with balustrade.
label: Description
content: Verso, above: Italian inscription.
label: Description
content: Verso, below (inverted): Judith standing, holding a sword raised in her right hand, and the head of Holofernes in her left. A kneeling serving girl receives the head into a sack.
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: 1901-39-2635
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 over black chalk on laid paper Verso: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.7 × 11.3 cm (5 13/16 × 4 7/16 in.)