Figural study: Moses, ca. 1736 – 1737

Title

Figural study: Moses

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Production Place

• Amsterdam

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Black and white chalk, brush and brown ink, on blue mottled paper

Material

• chalk
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Dutch

Production Reason

• figure study
• design for a painting
• design for a room arrangement

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): JdWit [ligiert]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Dunkelbraun): J.b de Wit f / ‘t Beeld van Moses zijnde het Model tot […] geen in t fray schildery / op de Raadkamer opt Stadhuis te Amsterdam geschilderd is / h 17 d / b 11 d
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Moses

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Numeri 11,1-35

Primary

• 11I62(MOSES) Moses (not in biblical context); possible attributes: rays of light or horns on his head, rod, Tables of the Law
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 31D16 old man
• 31A2512 arm stretched forward
• 31D16(+1) old man (+ front view)
• 31A534 beard
• 31AA2513 arm stretched sidewards - AA - both arms or hands