The Invention of Gunpowder, design for 'Pulvis Pyrius,' pl. 3 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) print series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and ink, brush and gray wash, bistre, on paper, Six men are making canons: one is a fireman working in a room in the back; two finish canons with chisel and hammer (one an almost completed canon, the other - a muzzle); two more men on the obverse; the sixth man stands beside a polished cannon holding an oblong object. Metal is streaming from a square hole in the wall in the left central plane; a ladder and a wheel are at right. The caption, near lower center, reads 'Fondiera'., Florence, Italy, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Invention, Gunpowder, design, 'Pulvis Pyrius, pl, 3, Nova Reperta, New Inventions, Modern Times, print series, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, ink, brush, gray wash, bistre, paper, Six men, canons, fireman working, room, back, two finish canons, chisel, hammer, almost completed canon, -, muzzle, two, men, obverse, sixth man stands beside, polished cannon holding, oblong object, Metal, streaming, square hole, wall, left central plane, ladder, wheel, right, caption, lower center, reads 'Fondiera', Florence, Italy, ca, 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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