The deluge

Title

The deluge

Draughtsman

• Johann Jakob von Sandrart

Series

Das erste Buch Moÿse genannt Genesis

Part Number / Total

5 / 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): Cap VII [Fragment]; unten mittig: Joh. Jacob von Sandrart [inv. et del., Fragment]

Captions Added Later

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

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1908

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 7

Primary

• 71B331 the ark is floating on the waters, while life on earth is destroyed ~ story of Noah
• 46C292 drowning, shipwrecked person
• 46C2931 saving a person from drowning