Noah's sacrifice, ca. 1508 – 1511

Title

Noah's sacrifice

Draughtsman

• Andrea Sacchi ?

Inventor

• after Michelangelo Buonarroti

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 16th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Roman
• Florentine

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a ceiling painting

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mittig (mit Bleistift): 93.
Verso mittig Marke des Kunsthändlers Guillaume-Jean Constantin, Paris (Lugt 3000); Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• 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

• Noah

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 8,20-22

Primary

• 71B343 Noah's sacrifice; various animals are offered, possibly a lamb, a dove and a ram (often combined with the rainbow of the covenant)
• 31A14(+53) human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude (+ sitting)
• 48A9877 ornament ~ medallion

Alternative Attribution

• Andrea Sacchi draughtsman; declined, by note on mount