Artworks · Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish

Aeolus and the Winds

1600 · Patinated bronze

30.6 × 24.3 × 15.6 cm (12 1/16 × 9 9/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series

1597 · print — engraving on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Indians Catching Fish with the Help of Pelicans

1596 · figures, print — engraving on paper

20.4 × 26.2 cm (8 1/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fight between Elephants and Snakes, plate 2 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1596 · nature studies, print — engraving on paper

19.7 × 26 cm (7 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1596 · figures, print — engraving on laid paper

19.5 × 25.9 cm (7 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1596 · figures, print — engraving on paper

19.3 × 25.8 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, plate 25 in the Venationes Ferarum series

1596 · figures, print — engraving on paper

19.7 × 26.2 cm (7 3/4 × 10 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Crocodile Hunt in Tentyra, in Egypt, plate 30 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1596 · figures, print — black ink on paper

19.9 × 26.2 cm (7 13/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Crane Hunt using Cones, plate 28 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1596 · figures, print — engraving on paper

20.1 × 25.9 cm (7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Color Olivi (Invention of Oil Painting), plate 14 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

1596 · print — engraving on laid paper

Sheet: 20.1 x 27 cm (7 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Buffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1596 · figures, print — engraving on paper

20 × 25.5 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

1596 · nature studies, print — engraving on paper

20.5 × 25.8 cm (8 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Title page of “Nova Reperta”

1591 · figures, print — engraving on laid paper

Sheet: 20.4 x 26.2 cm (8 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Three ships surrounded by monsters

1590 · seascapes, print — engraving on paper

12.6 × 33.6 cm (4 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Engraving on metal; Engravers on a ship

1590 · figures, print — engraving on paper

18.8 × 27.2 cm (7 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Staphae, Sive Strapedes (Invention of the Stirrup), plate 9 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

1590 · figures, print — engraving on paper

18.5 × 27.1 cm (7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Lapis Polaris Magnes (Invention of the Compass), plate 2 of the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

1590 · figures, print — engraving on paper

20 × 26.8 cm (7 7/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

1590 · figures, print — engraving on paper

19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A water mill

1590 · figures, print — engraving on paper

18.5 × 27.2 cm (7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)

1590 · figures, print — engraving on laid paper

19.9 x 27.1 cm (7 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

St John the Baptist in the Wilderness

1588 · religion, print — engraving on paper

22 × 16.1 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

St. Anne, the Virgin and the Christ Child

1580 · figures, print — engraving on paper

Plate: 24.2 × 18.4 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"

1578 · figures, print — engraving on paper

Sheet: 30.9 x 41.9 cm (12 3/16 x 16 1/2 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1575 · nature studies, print — engraving on paper

20.8 × 27.7 cm (8 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A French Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1575 · nature studies, print — engraving on paper

20.3 × 26.2 cm (8 in. × 10 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Roman Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1575 · nature studies, print — engraving on paper

19.6 × 26.3 cm (7 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Danish Horse, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1575 · nature studies, print — engraving on paper

20.1 × 26.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Temperance, plate 7 of "VII Virtutim...Imagines"

1575 · figures, print — engraving on paper

18.6 × 13.2 cm (7 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Saxon Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

1575 · nature studies, print — engraving on paper

19.5 × 26.3 cm (7 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Justice (Iustitia), plate 5 from the "Virtutum theologicarum et cardinalium"

1575 · print — engraving on laid paper

18.4 × 13.2 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Christ on the Cross

1575 · Oil on panel

40.1 × 32.3 cm (16 × 12 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; Isabelle of Bourbon (?)

1510 · Oil on panel

Each Frame: 21 × 16.2 cm (8 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.); Image: 16.5 × 12 cm (6 1/2 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Armor making and polishing

print

Sheet: 20.6 x 27.9 cm (8 1/8 x 11 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum