Drawing, Heating and Preparing Cocoons, Winding Silk [above left]; Arranging Mulberry Leaves on Shelves [above right]; Nurturing the Silkworms [below right]; Drying Mulberry Leaves [below left]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Hans Collaert II and manufactured by Philips Galle. It is dated ca. 1595 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and grey 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

14.3 x 20.1 cm (5 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, above left: sula canestra / in lontano Recto, below right: done che mettono / le baci sulla fraschi / a presse al [...] / done che me / tteno le petze / Recto, below right: numbered 3, changed to 5 (or vice versa) Verso, upper left: montano scudi 83 / avuto a buon conto scudi 29 / Reste avere scudi 53 / Le 18 disegni fatte lultimo / della seta e 4 caccia e [..,] montano scudi 36 / in tutto che io davere in tuto scudi 90 Verso, lower left foglie / lup servire / major che la / [...] parda bianca che [...]

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