Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

1797

Lukas Stipperger

Associated Names
Lukas Stipperger

Artist, German, 1755 - 1806

This is a drawing of a ceremonial scene featuring figures around an altar. The scene is filled with numerous figures engaging in a ceremonial or religious ritual. The central figure appears to be dressed in ceremonial robes, standing next to an altar that holds offerings. Two figures to the right are holding objects reminiscent of torches or instruments. Other figures are witnessing the scene, some kneeling in reverence, while others stand and observe. The background includes an architectural element. The piece is executed with fluid, sketchy pen lines with brown wash.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.2 × 38 cm (9 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.92.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Salon du Dessin. Paul Prouté S.A. at the Palais de La Bourse, Paris, 2013, no. 13 (color).

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: L Stiberger invenit 28te [November?]: 797 /der Englehard[?]. N.N.; sketch in black chalk of a woman reclining at the foot of a treat with two babies, a man kneeling by a reclining bull, and another man wielding an ax; by later hand lower right verso in graphite: V. 203/ Lavis sepia [illeg]/ 31-46/c ou f[illeg.]; by another hand at lower right margin: 12090 (encircled); by later hand, in blue chalk: M 2[?]

Wikidata ID

Q64594397

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