Charles V defeating the Turks near Vienna, 1529 [above]; Battle Scene with King, Elephants, Cavalry and Infantry [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1583 – 1605
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: Battle scene with men on horseback moving toward the right.
label: Description
content: Recto, below (inverted): Schematic sketch of an army moving across a landscape. Annotations throughout.
label: Description
content: Verso: Rough sketch of fortifications at the port of Ostend (in present day Belgium), constructed in 1583. Dutch inscriptions.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Ostend, Belgium
label: place possibly depicted
content: Vienna, Austria
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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: 1901-39-365
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: 21 × 14.6 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)