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Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Second Version

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1593 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Janos Scholz.

Its dimensions are

10.7 × 14.5 cm (4 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, upper left: laquila / iacopo / S.Paolo /langele / S.Pero Recto, upper center: secondo Recto, upper right: un splendore / sacra scritura / compagnia che receve la / sacra scritura / chiese /sacra scritura / belle done grani / carte da scrivere Recto, inscription along bottom margin: une donne scone op de carre presentert in buch ... in raggia / an in ander ioghe wrauwe die aer buecht met de harmen crus/wijs in den buck in de .. de kaerre ghetrocken van de 4 evangelis/ten den inghel woeraen in den harrent boeven al s pero let den leeuw / s pauwels den osse S iacop besiden in dander apostel san pauel Verso: de carre boeven in inghel scone haensecht onder serpent / 3 perden trecken de carre gheleit van 3 personagen ghelec se / gheteekent zin boeven 3 inghelen met groete brieven et locht / moet commen van de duve

Cite this object as

Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Second Version; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; 10.7 × 14.5 cm (4 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.); 1947-58-2

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