Die Erschaffung von Himmel und Erde

Title

Die Erschaffung von Himmel und Erde

Draughtsman

• Johann Jakob von Sandrart

Series

Das erste Buch Moÿse genannt Genesis

Part Number / Total

2 / 9

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• Calco?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an engraving?
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet oben mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): Capi. V. 1.; unten mittig: Cap. III.V 8.; in der Darstellung: יהוה [seitenverkehrt; dt. JHWH, Jahwe]

Captions Added Later

Oben rechts Stempel der Sammlung Edward Habich, Boston und Kassel (Lugt 862)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1908

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis

Primary

• 71A21 division of light and darkness
• 71A24 creation of sun, moon and stars
• 24A6 sun represented as face, wheel, etc.
• 24B1 waxing moon, i.e. facing this way: )