# Two Galleys at Sea, in 16th-century Flanders

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus painted this in about 1587 – 1590, aged about 64. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> Recto: Two galleys shown obliquely from the stern. Wind inflates the sails, one of which is decorated with an image of the sun.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1587 – 1590
- Medium: 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
- Dimensions: H x W: 10.7 × 15 cm (4 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1901-39-2481
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jan-van-der-straet-called-stradanus), Flemish, 1523–1605

Jan van der Straet, known as Stradanus, trained in Antwerp before settling in Florence around 1550, where he worked for the Medici under Giorgio Vasari on the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/jan-van-der-straet-called-stradanus?hang=749) (3 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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