Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1596 – 1600
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: Landscape with a man sitting under a tree, holding a vessel on his lap. His horse is tied to another tree at right. A woman identified as Erminia stands before him wearing a sword. Recto, below: In the foreground at center, the Calydonian boar stands over a fallen warrior. Atalanta stands at left, firing her bow.
label: Description
content: Verso: Above is a small sketch of an escutcheon surrounded by loosely indicated figures, topped with a crown, the whole raised on two steps. The surface of the shield is blank. At center is a bank of scrolling ornament with a breastplate and helmet at the middle. Below is a close-up study of a bird’s foot with talons and with scales. Along the left margin is a partially illegible Dutch inscription.
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: 1901-39-130
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, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.7 × 10.5 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.)