# Sacrifice of Noah, in Drawings

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.

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