Discovery of America: Vespucci Landing in America, ca. 1587–89, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk. Incised, Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 9/16in. (19 x 26.9cm), Drawings, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523–1605 Florence), A Netherlandish artist working in Florence, Van der Straet designed this iconic image of America as part of a print series on new inventions and discoveries. It visualizes Amerigo Vespucci’s first encounter with America, represented as a nude indigenous woman in a hammock
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Discovery, America, Vespucci Landing, ca, 1587–89, Pen, brown ink, wash, heightened, white, black chalk, Incised, Overall, 7 1/2 x 10 9/16in, 19 26.9cm, Drawings, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Netherlandish, Bruges, 1523–1605, Florence, artist, working, Van der, Straet, designed, iconic image, part, print series, new inventions, discoveries, visualizes Amerigo, Vespucci, first, encounter, represented, nude indigenous, woman, hammock
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