Daniel in the Lion's Den
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1630–40
name: label: After
content: Pietro Novelli, Italian, 1603 - 1647
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. The Figure of Daniel at left, surrounded by lions, is pleading for divine assistance to rescue him from imminent death. He kneels on a rock and raises his arms above his head in a pleading gesture, looking up to a winged female figure and a male figure holding a basket and flying above. Indications of arched architecture and landscape with trees and bushes.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-8326
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 37 x 31.8 cm (14 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)