# Sacrifice of Noah, in Pietro Novelli's contemporaries

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

From the museum's label:

> 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.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: early 17th century
- Medium: Brush and brown wash, pen and ink on white laid paper
- Dimensions: 33.9 x 25.8 cm (13 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1938-88-8324
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Pietro Novelli](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pietro-novelli), Italian, 1603–1647

1 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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