![Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-146.jpg)
Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]
Catalogue
- Year
- 1600
- Dimensions
- H x W: 15.3 × 11 cm (6 × 4 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist

Drawing
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish (1523–1605)
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Odysseus and the Cattle of the Sun God
1600 · Recto: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper
Men Hunting Bulls with Eagles
1600 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white heightening on buff laid paper
Aeolus and the Winds
1600 · Patinated bronze
Odysseus and the Sirens
1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper
Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt in India [above right]; Dragon Hunt in India [below right].
1600 · Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper Verso: pen and brush and brown and black inks over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
Odysseus's Fleet Destroyed by the Laestrygonians [above]; Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship of Rome [below]
1600 · Pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper
Record
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- 1600
- Dimensions
- H x W: 15.3 × 11 cm (6 × 4 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1600-019548
Source
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified
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![Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt in India [above right]; Dragon Hunt in India [below right].](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-154.jpg)
![Odysseus's Fleet Destroyed by the Laestrygonians [above]; Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship of Rome [below]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-161.jpg)