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Drawing, The Invention of the Compass
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and engraved by Theodor Galle and made for (as the client) Luigi Alamanni. It is dated ca. 1590 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray 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
10.7 × 14.6 cm (4 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto, foreground right: ocsidens/ tramontane / levanus / meridiens [west / north / east / south] Verso: [brief vanden 25 jannuare 3 hebben [...] [letter of the 25th January 3 have]
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Invention of the Compass; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Theodor Galle; Client: Luigi Alamanni (Italian, 1558–1603); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper; 10.7 × 14.6 cm (4 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-302
