Object Details
- Artist
- Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
- Engraver
- Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
- Publisher
- Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Recto, above: King Melchizedek stands at left accompanied by servants carrying bread and wine. Abram (later called Abraham) and his family kneel before him at right. Italian inscriptions appear in the composition at upper right and below the framing line at the lower margin of the image.
- Recto, below: Landscape with hunters armed with bows and arrows being attacked by unicorns.
- Verso, above: In an open portico, standing figures gather around a table upon which the Passover lamb has been placed. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
- Verso, below: Coat of Arms with Medici palle, fleurs-de-lis, and an unidentified element, surmounted by a grand ducal crown, flanked by allegorical figures.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- ca. 1584–1605
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-138
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper.
- Dimensions
- H x W: 15.7 × 10.4 cm (6 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
- made in
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1901-39-138
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4454d7022-cc04-4274-954b-7ae92da9901f
