Two Galleys at Sea
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1587 – 1590
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Two galleys shown obliquely from the stern. Wind inflates the sails, one of which is decorated with an image of the sun.
label: Description
content: Verso: A man on horseback thrusts his sword into the flank of a stag. The stage is held in place by an attendant, who grasps its antlers.
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: 1901-39-2481
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
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, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.7 × 15 cm (4 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)