# Sacrifice of Noah

**Pietro Novelli** (Italian, 1603–1647)  
early 17th century  
Brush and brown wash, pen and ink on white laid paper  
33.9 x 25.8 cm (13 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1938-88-8324. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/69407).

## 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._

Pietro Novelli drew this in the early 17th century. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### 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](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pietro-novelli)

Italian, 1603–1647

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- Real size: about 13 × 10 in (34 × 26 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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