Allegory of America
ca. 1587–89
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk. Incised
Dimensions
Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 9/16in. (19 x 26.9cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Accession Number
1974.205
Tags
About the Artist
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus · 1523–1605
Jan van der Straet, known as Stradanus or Giovanni Stradano, was born in Bruges in 1523 into an artistic family. He received his earliest training in his father Jan van der Straet's painting workshop until the latter's death in 1535, followed by an apprenticeship with Bruges master Maximiliaen Francken from 1535 to 1537. Stradanus then moved to Antwerp, studying under Pieter Aertsen from 1537 to 1...