Sacrifice of Noah
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
name: label: Artist
content: Pietro Novelli, Italian, 1603 - 1647
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Depiction of the Sacrifice of Noah. At right, figure of Noah is kneeling at the foot of a brick altar. His sacrifice of a ram is shown on the altar amongst the fire, while a cloud of smoke rises from it. At left, a crowd looks on. Vase with handle in the foreground, perhaps for pouring libations. Drawing contained within ovoid.
place: label: made in
content: Sicily, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8324
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and brown wash, pen and ink on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.9 x 25.8 cm (13 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.)