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

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1590s and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on two joined sheets of 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

20.1 × 14 cm (7 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, above left, inscribed in pen and ink: "U(n)o signia grande apers[e] in sello una femina vestita de sole e la luna haveva sotto piedi e nel capo suo era la corona de 12 stelle e erra gravida e gridavava partorea(n)do e fu veduta u(n)a altra segnio in selo e ecco u(n)o drago grande rosso chaveva 7 capi e 10 corni e 7 croni in capo e la sua coda tirava la terza parte del selo e mettele in terra" Verso, inscribed in pen and ink at right: "[...] carna [...] de hoghe [...] gran heben zua[...] br[...] hon[...] ga[...]"

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