Study for Noah's Ark, Plate 40, 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 large ship (Noah's Ark) is positioned on a hill in the center left of the image. Below is a large rectangular structure and to the right is a partially constructed ship. The scene is surrounded by an elaborate moulded frame, upon, above, and beneath which are an array of carpenter's tools. The letter D is written near the large rectangular structure, the letter A is written near the partially constructed ship, and B is written near the completed ship positioned on the hill in the background.
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: 1940-110-2
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and grey, black wash, pen and black ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.1 × 19.2 cm (11 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)