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Drawing, Winding Silk
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated ca. 1595 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- Mabushi (Silk Cocoon Crate)
- wood, metal, paperboard, plastic.
- Courtesy of Matsuoka Co. Ltd..
- 89.2015.1
- Skeins Of 500 Denier Kibiso
- kibiso.
- Courtesy of Matsuoka Co. Ltd..
- 89.2015.4-1
Its dimensions are
9.9 × 14.1 cm (3 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Recto, above center: 4 fancuole alla / matassa Verso, lower margin: Ester / Eunicho guardiano della virgine
Cite this object as
Drawing, Winding Silk; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper; 9.9 × 14.1 cm (3 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-171
