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Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, First Scene

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1595 or before and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.


The annotations identify this composition as first in the series and record the identities of some of the figures.

This object was donated by Janos Scholz. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 10.8 × 14.6 cm (4 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped on verso with mark for the Cooper Union Museum (L.457e).

It is inscribed

1947-57-14r Inscriptions “primo” “aristotele giùd?o [?]” “4 matrone” Translation “first” “Aristotle [?] [?]” “four matrons”

Cite this object as

Drawing, Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, First Scene; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; H x W: 10.8 × 14.6 cm (4 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council; 1947-57-14

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