Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Pulvis Pyrius (The Foundry), ca. 1590, Stradanus, circa 1590

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". Date: circa 1590. Dimensions: 10.3 x 14.2 cm (4 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.). Medium: brush and gray wash, paper, pen and ink. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Pulvis Pyrius (The Foundry), ca. 1590 (CH 18120213)

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Author: Made by Jan van der Straet, called StradanusSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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