Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Third Scene
date: label: Date
content: 1595 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: View of a procession with a female figure identified as an allegory of the Church riding in a chariot pulled by horses. She holds an open book on her lap, and a dove surrounded by rays of light sits on her shoulder. Angels fly overhead, holding banners. Leading the horses at left are two women and a bishop. Other figures, identified as doctors of the church, follow behind. An Italian and Dutch inscription is below. Annotations throughout.
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 the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1947-57-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.5 × 14.7 cm (4 1/8 × 5 13/16 in.)