Sacrifice of Noahearly 17th century
Depiction of the Sacrifice of Noah. At right, figure of Noah is kneeling at the foot of a brick altar. More about this work
About this work
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.
Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
How it was made
- Pen and ink
- Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- Laid paper
- Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.
Pietro Novelli
Italian, 1603–1647
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1938-88-8324
- Credit
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Type
- Drawing
- Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
