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Drawing

1700-1799 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (made)

Pen and wash drawing of Gideon sacrificing. A man in Roman military attire accompanied by three men kneels before an alter, an angel hovers above the alter with a scroll. A full-length pencil study can also be seen on the back of the print.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Christianity
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and wash drawing on paper.
Paper
Pen
Wash
Drawing
Brief description
Gideon sacrificing. Pen and wash drawing. Anonymous, 18th century.
Physical description
Pen and wash drawing of Gideon sacrificing. A man in Roman military attire accompanied by three men kneels before an alter, an angel hovers above the alter with a scroll. A full-length pencil study can also be seen on the back of the print.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10 3/8in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 7 7/8in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Bernard H. Webb Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Angel
Scroll
Bibliographic references
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p. 46, cat. n. 690, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: school of DOMENICHINO 690 Recto A young man, with his hose rolled up above his knees, holding a staff Inscribed in black chalk 'Scuola di Domenghi' or perhaps 'Scuola di Domenighini' Black chalk Size of sheet 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 (273 X 196) E•4026-1919 Verso Gideon, dressed as a Roman soldier, kneeling with three attendants before an altar, while a flying angel ignites the sacrifice with a staff Inscribed within a scroll (held by the angel) 'Salve Gedeon (?) virorum fortiss ... '; inscribed also in pencil in Bernard Webb's hand '495 West Coil': Pen and ink and wash PROVENANCE B. West; Bernard Webb Bequest 1919 The old attribution to Domenichino is unconvincing, but the recto may be a copy after a drawing by him. The verso is by a different hand and dates from the 18th century. Verso not illustrated
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4026-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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