The Hierarchy of the Heavens

1579

Jost Amman

Associated Names
Jost Amman

Artist, Swiss, 1539 - 1591

This is a drawing depicting multiple tiers of figures within an ornately bordered ellipse. The linework shows groups of figures on clouds engaged in activities or posed in various formations. Swirling clouds separate each tier, leading to a celestial realm where a central figure is surrounded by angelic beings. The artwork includes ornamental borders with floral and vine motifs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.6 × 27.4 cm (14 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.) (trimmed)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.156

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 144.12, State i/ii

  • Volume Title

    Catalogus Gloriae Mundi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul McCarron, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 3, 2005; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Jost Amman, Gero Seelig, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 144.12, i/ii

Wikidata ID

Q76556239

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