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Summary
English: Drawing, Page of a drawing book; St. Christopher; Mary and the Child; Lucifer Appearing to Dante and Virgil, ca. 1590
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Artist
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Title
English: Drawing, Page of a drawing book; St. Christopher; Mary and the Child; Lucifer Appearing to Dante and Virgil, ca. 1590
Description
English: Horizontal rectangle. Two scenes on recto: at left A) St. Christopher nearing the left bank of a river, by which a woman stands near a lantern. At right: B) the Virgin holds the Child standing in her lap. Verso, vertically: C) Lucifer stands in his ice block crushing sinners with his teeth. Others wholly covered by ice are at his feet. Dante and Virgil are shown in the back, the first is seated.
Date
circa 1590
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
pen and sepia ink, brown wash on paper
Dimensions
16.5 x 10.5 cm
(6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches)
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Native name
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Parent institution
Smithsonian Institution
Location
New York City, United States of America
Coordinates
40° 47′ 05″ N, 73° 57′ 29″ W
Established
1964
Website
www.cooperhewitt.org
Authority file
: Q1129820
VIAF: 156924364
ISNI: 0000000406043167
LCCN: n80056822
Open Library: OL545974A
SUDOC: 031882668
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-2645
Credit line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
Type: Drawing
Country: Netherlands
Source/Photographer
Catalog Photo
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