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called Stradanus Jan van der Straet

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Pen and brown ink drawing of six prophets below the Virgin, an angel and a dove of the Holy Spirit in a niche.

The Six Prophets of the Coming of Christ

mid-16th-early 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of an interior with two robed figures, an open book and tablets, and a town square beyond.

Vanitas

mid-16th-early 17th century

Blue-grey drawn frontispiece with Latin inscription cartouche, Medici arms, flanking allegorical figures, and hunting animals

Design for a Frontispiece with the Medici Arms

16th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed woman on an ornate chariot pulled by a winged bull, with a dove and procession of robed figure

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church

16th century

Brown ink drawing of a reclining woman in a hammock with a standing navigator, ships, an anteater, and the word America.

Allegory of America

ca. 1587-89

Engraving of an armored horseman spearing a wild boar as hunting dogs attack, framed by ornate borders with figures.

Wild Boar Hunt with Spears, from "Hunting Scenes in Ornamental Frames"

1570

Engraving of a workshop where men ink and print copper plates at benches and presses, with prints hung to dry on the wall.

The Workshop of an Engraver [Sculptura in Aes], plate 19 from Nova Reperta

ca. 1600

Engraving of armored hunters fighting a rearing bear beside a tree, with other bears and spearmen in a wooded landscape.

Bear Hunt, from "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium..."

16th century

Engraving of a crowned rider on a white horse in a forest hunt, with a stag, hunting dogs and attendants around him.

The Deer Hunt of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Ubaldino Ubaldini

1589

Engraved title page with two winged angels, a dove in a pediment, and a central cartouche reading Icones Prophetarum Veteris

Icones Prophetarum Veteris Testamenti

n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair and a radiating halo, inside a decorative frame.

Head of Christ

n.d.