The Holy Family with John the Baptist
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1580 – 1599
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: The Virgin sits in the foreground of a domestic interior, holding the
label: Description
content: Christ Child. St. Joseph stands behind her at left. The young St. John stands at right. Verso: In a rocky landscape, a man in armor knees beside his horse. He clasps his hands to his breast to form the shape of the cross. He looks up beseechingly towards another man, above him at right, on horseback.
place: label: Place
content: Italy
label: made in
content: Netherlands
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: 1901-39-2672
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 on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.2 × 6.9 cm (4 × 2 11/16 in.)