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The Invention of Distillation
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Ship of the Church
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Invention of Book Printing
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Title Page
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Medieval Crucifix
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
![Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-2642.jpg)
Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Pen and brown ink, brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
![The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-2634.jpg)
The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Invention of the Compass
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, with black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Pen and brown and black inks, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Invention of Gunpowder
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Invention of the Stirrup
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown and black inks, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Deer Hunt with Nets
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper · 1590
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Retreat of the Turks after the Siege of Vienna, 1529
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper · 1589
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Marriage Feast at Cana
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper · 1589
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
![Annunciation [left]; Birth of the Virgin [right]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-147.jpg)
Annunciation [left]; Birth of the Virgin [right]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1589
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
![Marriage of the Virgin [left]; Marriage Feast at Cana [right]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-120.jpg)
Marriage of the Virgin [left]; Marriage Feast at Cana [right]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1589
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
![Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-137.jpg)
Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper · 1589
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Triumphal Arch
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper Verso: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper · 1588
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
![The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]](/api/images/artworks/smithsonian/chndm_1901-39-2644.jpg)
The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black wash, over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper · 1587
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1587
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Galleys at Sea
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, over black chalk on laid paper · 1587
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Blessed in Paradise with the Virgin and St. John the Baptist before God
Lazzaro Tavarone
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, laid down · 1585
National Gallery of Art

The Charity of Saint Nicholas
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper · 1585
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash with black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper · 1585
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum