Recto: Samson, having defeated the Philistines, drinks water from the jawbone of an ass, preliminary design for "Spiritus Fortitudines" (The Spirit of Strength), plate 4 in "The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit" print series. Verso: obscured inscription

Stradanus1595

Horizontal rectangle. Female figure walking among the dead soldiers in a battle field. Upper right corner inscribed: FORTITUDINIS

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Title: Recto: Samson, having defeated the Philistines, drinks water from the jawbone of an ass, preliminary design for "Spiritus Fortitudines" (The Spirit of Strength), plate 4 in "The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit" print series. Verso: obscured inscription
Creator: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
Date Created: 1595
Location Created: Netherlands
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Brown ink and wash on paper
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors

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