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Drawing, The Last Judgment
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and collaborator: Luigi Alamanni and engraved by Adriaen Collaert. It is dated ca. 1590 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid 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
H x W: 14.6 × 11.3 cm (5 3/4 × 4 7/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed on verso, in handwriting of Luigi Alamanni: "Continuoq(ue) avidis ubi subdita flamma medullis / vere magis, quia vere calor redit ossibus. illae / ore omnes verae in Zephyru(m) stant rupibus altis / exceptantq(ue) leves auras, et saepe sine ulllis / coniugiis vento gravidae, mirabile dictu / saxa p(er) et scopulos, et depressas convalles / diffugiunt, non Eure tuos, neq(ue) solis ad ortus / in Borea(m) cauru(m)q(ue), aut unde nigerrimus Auster / nascitur, et pluvio contristat frigore caelum." [From Virgil, Georgics III, 271-280] "Quando di pr(ima)vera il calore torna nell' ossa, e nello [...]" (italian translation of first two latin lines above)
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Last Judgment; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618); Collaborator: Luigi Alamanni (Italian, 1558–1603); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper; H x W: 14.6 × 11.3 cm (5 3/4 × 4 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-117
