Title Page
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Theodor Galle, ca. 1571 - 1633
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Client
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Frontispiece design, with a tablet at center inscribed: “NOVA REPERTA” (the first R is corrected). The tablet is flanked at left by a compass, at right by a globe. A figure at upper right holding an ouroboros gestures with a stick towards the globe, indicating the New World. Cannons and cannonballs appear at the bottom, with distilling equipment at right. A mulberry tree—a reference to silk-making—grows over the upper rim of the center tablet. A clock appears above right, and a printing press above left. At far left is an additional figure holding an ouroboros. Verso: Blank.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Italy
label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1901-39-149
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 and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7.1 × 10.7 cm (2 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)