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Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish

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Brown ink sketch of Apollo's chariot and horses driving through clouds, led by the figure of Aurora.

Triumph of Apollo and Aurora

1590

Pen and brown ink drawing of a classical goddess with shield and owl among books and instruments, with a city behind her.

Litterae

1590

Brown ink drawing of two bull hunts: horsemen with spears chasing bulls above, and eagles attacking bulls below.

Bull Hunt with Spears [above]; Bull Hunt with Eagles [below]

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered in a columned hall, with seated men at a bench on the right.

The Spirit of Science

1590

Brown ink drawing of two robed figures beside stone altars, one smoking, under clouds with small winged figures above.

The Spirit of Piety

1590

Pen and ink wash drawing in two scenes: a haloed figure meeting walkers above, and a crowded arcaded city square below.

Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon…

1590

Pen and ink sketch with compartments showing Elijah under a tree, a banquet, the Annunciation, and Christ among angels.

Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left…

1600

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of workers operating silk reeling frames in a workshop interior.

The Reeling of Silk

1590

Brown ink drawing of a leopard in an arena beside an open cage, with armed men and crowded spectators in the tiered seats abo

The Emperor Commodus Killing a Leopard

1590

Four-panel brown ink sketch of men fighting a bull and a dragon in arched and wooded settings.

Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt i…

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures and a crowd beneath arched colonnades in an interior scene.

Christ Healing Paralytics near the Pool of Bethesda

1600

Brown ink drawing of Diana seated with a falcon, surrounded by hunting dogs, nets and hunters in a wooded landscape.

The Hunt, Personified by Diana

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers and horsemen battling a giant serpent, with a crowd of figures behind.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a horseman, and a crowd beneath a canopy, with a distant landscape.

Spiritus Intellectus

1590

Brown ink and wash sketch of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stable, with a dog in the foreground.

Adoration of the Shepherds

1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of armed men kneeling before a crucifix in an arched interior, with a crowd at left.

Saint Giovanni Gualberto and the Miraculous Crucifix

1590

Pen and wash drawing in four scenes: a deer hunt with hounds and horsemen above, and skylark hunting with falcons and nets be

Deer Hunt with Hounds [above]; Skylark Hunt with Falcons [below]

1590

Brown ink and wash sketch of horsemen with a pennant, a crowd and tents in a military landscape.

Retreat of the Turks after the Siege of Vienna, 1529

1600

Pen and wash drawing of a pyre with mourners above a handwritten list of garments, attributed to Stradanus, 1600.

Death of the Woman of Sestos [above]; Inscription [below]

1600

Grey wash drawing of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles kneeling beneath a dove and rays of light, with angels a

Scene from Acts of the Apostles, after Stradanus

1700

Brown ink and wash sketch of Saint John the Baptist in a prison interior with visiting disciples and onlookers.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples

1590

Pen and brown ink drawing with two scenes: Melchizedek offering bread and wine above, and a unicorn hunt below.

Melchizedek Brings Bread and Wine to Abraham [above]; Unicorn Hunt [below]

1600

Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted female figure with a spear among cannons and weapons, with a town and troops behind.

Arma

1590

Engraving of elephants helping a fallen companion out of a pit among palm trees, with Latin text below.

Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraving of women and a girl feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms on shelves in a timber-beamed workroom.

Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms

1590

Engraving of an explorer with a cross banner beside a nude woman in a hammock, ships at sea, and jungle animals.

The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)

1590

Engraving of mounted hunters with spears and dogs chasing wild bulls across a landscape with trees and a castle.

Buffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraved title page Nova Reperta showing a printing press, globe, compass rose, still and allegorical figures.

Title page of “Nova Reperta”

1590

Engraving of men at night placing glowing lanterns in a garden to attract moths, with a dog and beehives in view.

Catching Night Moths, plate 25 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraving of cranes feeding among pit traps in a marsh while hunters hide beneath a tree at right.

Crane Hunt using Cones, plate 28 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraving of men in turbans clubbing and wrestling crocodiles on a riverbank, with willow trees and a Latin caption below.

Crocodile Hunt in Tentyra, in Egypt, plate 30 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraving of Roman archers and horsemen attacking a giant coiled serpent in a forest landscape with palm trees.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series

1590

Engraving of a water mill with waterwheels, millers at work, horses carrying grain sacks, and a river landscape with boats.

A water mill

1590

Engraving of St John the Baptist seated on rocks in a wilderness with a lamb, staff, waterfall and rays of light above.

St John the Baptist in the Wilderness

1590

Engraving of a workshop where men grind olives with an ox-driven millstone and press oil beside clay jars and barrels.

Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

1590

Engraving of a braided horse labeled Saxo walking on a hill, with a walled town and river boats behind it.

A Saxon Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1600

Engraving of cavemen attacking elephants in a palm-filled landscape, with a fallen elephant being butchered in the distance.

Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraving of a Roman soldier with a sword fighting a war elephant among fallen warriors in an arena, watched from galleries.

A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraving of an elephant wrestling a coiled snake under a tree, with a second elephant and hunters in a hilly landscape behin

Fight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1590

Engraving of two hunters with a gun and an ox near a stream, with deer and cattle in a wooded landscape.

Deer hunt

1600

Engraving of figures fishing with pelicans on a river bank, with ducks, willows, huts and Latin verse below.

Indians Catching Fish with the Help of Pelicans

1590

Engraved study interior with a scholar using compasses, a hanging galleon, a globe, instruments, and a sea view through an ar

Lapis Polaris Magnes (Invention of the Compass), plate 2 of the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

1590

Engraving of a woman pouring water in an oval frame, with four putti and a shell motif, labeled Temperantia.

Temperance, plate 7 of "VII Virtutim...Imagines"

1600

Engraved street scene of a blacksmith's forge with horses, riders, and a furnace, showing the invention of the stirrup.

Staphae, Sive Strapedes (Invention of the Stirrup), plate 9 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

1590

Engraving of a busy 16th-century printmaking workshop with workers at presses, benches and inking tables.

Engraving on metal; Engravers on a ship

1590

Engraving of a rearing horse with a braided tail against a distant landscape of hills and buildings, labelled Danus.

A Danish Horse, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1600

Engraving of two horses, labeled Romanus and Equus Matronalis, before a distant walled city with a bridge.

A Roman Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1600

Engraving of Saint Anne holding the Christ Child with the Virgin Mary in an interior with a balustrade, tree, and birds.

St. Anne, the Virgin and the Christ Child

1600

Engraving of three sailing ships tossed among fantastical sea monsters on rough waves under a dark sky.

Three ships surrounded by monsters

1590

Engraving of a rearing horse with a bridle, labeled GALLICVS, with a city and hills in the background.

A French Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1600

Engraving of fighting horses rearing in a hilly landscape with a wolf at lower left and trees at upper right.

Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1600

Brown ink drawing of two interior scenes: a seated veiled woman on the left and a crowded birth chamber on the right.

Annunciation [left]; Birth of the Virgin [right]

1580