Amassing Knowledge, from The Course of Human Life
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 7/8 in. (23 × 30.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.885–18
About the Artist
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Pieter Jalhea Furnius|Hieronymus Cock · 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...