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Page of a Sketchbook: Showing a Scene of a Cremation
Stradanusca. 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle. Top: Outdoor scene. The cremation taking place in the center of the composition. Figures seated and standing in foreground. Bird flying upper left, another at the feet of the burning figure. Bottom: Account listing.
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Details
- Title: Page of a Sketchbook: Showing a Scene of a Cremation
- Creator: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
- Creator Lifespan: 1523/1605
- Date Created: ca. 1590
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper
- Provenance: Ex Collection: Piancastelli
- Dimensions: 14.3 x 9.8 cm (5 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
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