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"Drawing, Odysseus's Fleet Destroyed by the Laestrygonians [above]; Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship of Rome [below]")
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Drawing, Odysseus's Fleet Destroyed by the Laestrygonians [above]; Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship of Rome [below]
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1600 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
Its dimensions are
15.3 × 10.5 cm (6 in. × 4 1/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 39.8 × 50 × 2.9 cm (15 11/16 × 19 11/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto, inscribed in pen and ink: "Lastrigones" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink: "circes / un soldo a bastiano / a conto de taglia / de la lignia"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Odysseus's Fleet Destroyed by the Laestrygonians [above]; Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship of Rome [below]; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 15.3 × 10.5 cm (6 in. × 4 1/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 39.8 × 50 × 2.9 cm (15 11/16 × 19 11/16 × 1 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-161
