Study for God Appears to Moses and his Companions, Plate 171, Physica Sacra
date: label: Date
content: before 1731
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736
label: Author
content: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss, 1672–1733
label: Publisher
content: Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A robed male figure with a crown and staff, presumably God, sits on a throne made of clouds in the center of the composition. Rays of light and a circle of clouds surround him and cover the top portion of the picture, becoming darker as they reach the picture frame. The figure hovers in the sky above a rectangular blue platform. On the ground below a group of robed men kneel and bow before him. One man, presumably Moses, stands in the center with his arms stretched outwards. An elaborately decorated frame borders the scene.
place: label: made in
content: Zürich, Switzerland
label: published in
content: Ulm, Germany
label: published in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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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 from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-110-6
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 grey, black, and blue wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.9 × 19.5 cm (11 × 7 11/16 in.)