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Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish

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Brown ink drawing of men on horseback hunting bulls with eagles in a hilly landscape with trees and flowers.

Men Hunting Bulls with Eagles

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of the dead Christ held by mourning figures in a shadowed interior.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a haloed figure on a chariot drawn by horses, with angels and trumpeters above.

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Third Scene

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of horsemen and dogs driving deer toward a large net strung between trees.

Deer Hunt with Nets

1590

Pen and ink sketch of two galleys at sea, one with many oars and billowing sails, on aged toned paper.

Two Galleys at Sea

1590

Brown ink and wash design for an oval escutcheon with scrolls, a shell base, and two armored figures holding spears.

Design for an Escutcheon

1600

Brown ink and wash sketch of hunters with pumpkins among ducks, reeds and trees beside a pond.

Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies

1590

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted foundry with workers around cannon barrels, a large wheel, and a furnace.

The Invention of Gunpowder

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of trumpet-blowing angels in clouds above nude figures rising and falling in a crowd.

The Last Judgment

1600

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crowd of figures and horses gathered around a seated central figure beneath a canopy.

Adoration of the Magi

1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped classical figure on a pedestal in a colonnaded street with crowds and vessels.

Nuptiae

1590

Pen and brown ink drawing of two scenes: a crowd around a pedestal above, and a shrouded body carried on a bier below.

Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above]; Apollonius Raising a Girl from the Dead in Rome [below]

1590

Pen and brown wash sketch of Christ reaching to save Saint Peter from drowning beside a sailing boat in rough seas.

Christ Saving Peter from Drowning

1600

Pen and brown wash drawing with two scenes: a giant blinded by men above, and a body on a bier with onlookers below.

Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]

1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of two religious interior scenes with crowds of figures beneath arches and beside a column.

The Mocking of Christ [left]; Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples [right]

1580

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with cooking figures at left, a robed man before a canopied bed at right.

The Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease

1590

Brown ink drawing of a galley with oarsmen approaching sirens with serpentine tails in the sea, under clouds.

Odysseus and the Sirens

1590

Brown ink drawing of a dense cavalry battle above, with loose pen sketches of figures and horses below.

Charles V defeating the Turks near Vienna, 1529 [above]; Battle Scene with King, Elephants, Cavalry and Infantry [below]

1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded religious procession with a canopy, soldiers with pikes, and classical buildings.

Procession of the Sacrament

1590

Brown ink drawing of rowing boats attacking a whale in a harbor, with a crowd on the quay and classical buildings behind.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius at Ostia

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing split into two scenes: Erminia with a shepherd above, and Atalanta hunting a boar below.

Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]

1590

Brown ink wash drawing of Judith holding a raised sword beside the severed head of Holofernes, with an attendant kneeling at

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hunter with a bow aiming at a stag in a forest clearing.

Deer Hunt with Bow and Arrow

1590

Ink and wash sheet with handwritten text, a woman on a dragon, a coronation scene with angels, and an architectural frontispi

Inscription [above left]; Woman of the Apocalyse [above right]; Coronation of the Virgin [below left]; Frontispiece […

1600

Brown ink sketch of figures gathered around a round well with water jars, camels, and architecture in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed figure praying before an altar with flames, with figures and a column at left.

The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord

1590

Brown ink and wash sketch of two scenes: a standing woman beside a reclining man, and figures beneath an arch.

Two Views of Judith and Holofernes

1600

Pen and ink drawing of an interior with a seated man at a table, a hanging ship model, stacked books and a curtained bed.

The Invention of the Compass

1590

Pen and wash drawing of a dying man attacked by demons on the left, and an angel lifting a soul to heaven on the right.

The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]

1590

Brown ink drawing of two deathbed scenes, a sick man attended by figures and a penitent man visited by a priest and angels.

The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]

1590

Engraved dedicatory page with a central text cartouche, allegorical women, coats of arms, and hunting animals along the borde

Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"

1570

Engraving of workers polishing armor in a workshop with a large grinding wheel and helmets scattered across the floor.

Armor making and polishing

1580

Engraving of a busy studio where a painter works on a knight slaying a dragon while assistants draw, grind pigments and sculp

Color Olivi (Invention of Oil Painting), plate 14 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

1590

Brown ink drawing split in two: a hunting scene with nude figures above, and a crowd of riders and horses in a storm below.

Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]

1600

Pen and ink sketch of the Holy Family with a young John the Baptist beside a seated Virgin and infant Christ.

The Holy Family with John the Baptist

1590

Ink sketch in two registers: robed figures and animals above, a crowd confronting a satyr among rocks below.

Apollonius meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; Apollonius Quelling the Ghost of a Satyr in Ethiopia […

1590

Pen and brown wash drawing: left, a palazzo facade with windows and doorways; right, an Annunciation scene with an angel and

Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]

1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of two scenes: Salome dancing at Herod's banquet above, and Salome presenting John the Baptist's h

Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering Saint John's Head to her Parents [below]

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of rowing boats and a ship above, and workers around a smoking furnace below.

The Collecting of Bitumen [above]; Catching Night Moths [below]

1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded arcaded interior with seated figures on a platform, riders, and standing onlookers.

The Spirit of Wisdom

1590

Brown ink sketch of a haloed rider on a donkey with a second donkey at left, set against loose wash clouds.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of two Holy Family scenes with the Virgin, Christ child and Saint Joseph under a tree.

Holy Family

1610

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Baptism of Christ with a central standing figure, flanking figures, and a dove in clouds.

Baptism of Christ

1610

Brown ink drawing in four panels showing deer attacked by lynxes, a deer hunt, a fleeing group, and horsemen near a cave.

Deer attacked by Lynxes [above left]; Deer Hunt with Hounds Tracking [below left]; Cloelia and her Companions escape…

1590

Pen and ink drawing of a priest administering last rites to a figure in a canopied bed, with attendants in a domestic interio

Extreme Unction

1590

Ink and wash sketch: figures in a colonnade above, and warriors fighting dragons below, with handwritten text between.

David Receives the Holy Bread and Sword of Goliath [above]; Two Dragons Decapitated [below]

1590

Pen and ink drawing of Christ on a bordered cross with four small framed figures beside him on aged paper.

Medieval Crucifix

1590

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of two banquet scenes with seated diners, servants, and nude figures in arcaded interiors

Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]

1590

Brown ink drawing of a crowded church interior with an altar under a canopy and worshippers gathered around it.

Communion at Church

1590

Pen and ink drawing with an ornamental title cartouche of silkworms above and figures tending silkworms in an interior below.

Title Page [above]; The Incubation of Silkworm Eggs [below]

1590

Brown ink drawing of a female figure with a shield among fallen warriors on a battlefield, with advancing soldiers behind.

Spiritus Fortitudines

1590

Brown ink and wash sketch of mounted cavalry with banners in a battle scene, with riders scattering across an open field.

The Dispersion of the Spanish on the Adda under Giovanni de’ Medici

1580

Pen and wash drawing split in two: an interior birth scene above and a preacher addressing a crowd in a wilderness below.

The Birth and Naming of John the Baptist [above]; John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness [below]

1590

Pen and brown ink drawing in four panels showing soldiers, monks, a fire, a banquet, and an angel in interiors.

Scenes from Life of San Giovanni Gualberto

1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Luke with a halo in an arched niche, holding a book, with an ox at his feet.

Saint Luke in a Niche

1600

Pen and brown wash drawing of a painter's studio with nude women posing around an easel and a seated artist at work.

Zeuxis painting Helen

1600

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure, three oyster shells, and elephants helping each other in a wooded scene.

Standing figure,Oyster Shells [above]; Elephants Helping Each Other Out of a Trap [below]

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 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