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Noah's Ark, c. 1660
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Artist | Rembrandt van Rijn |
| Spatial Coverage | Holland |
| Temporal Coverage | 1660 |
| Description | Among his most expressive uses of the reed pen, this drawing is a fully realized depiction of Noah's family boarding the ark prior to the great flood described in the Old Testament's Book of Genesis. The vessel occupies the entire width of the sheet, and Rembrandt emphasized the act of departure by placing figures in the lower left corner who gesture inward, as if indicating where they will soon go. Rembrandt drew a borderline—albeit somewhat haphazardly—around the perimeter of his composition, indicating his satisfaction with his interpretation of the well-known biblical subject. This type of multifigure scene with a literary source provided the standard so many of his pupils aimed to match. [A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown ink wash on cream laid paper.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | The `description` field in this response is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Generic License (CC-By) and the Terms and Conditions of artic.edu. All other data in this response is licensed under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) 1.0 designation and the Terms and Conditions of artic.edu. |
| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Pen and Ink Drawings Paper (fiber Product) Brown Ink Colored Ink Ink Coating (material) Brown Wash White Gouache Gouache Watercolor Water-base Paint Paint Drawings (visual Works) Prints and Drawings Artworks Drawing and Watercolor |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
| Object Type | Drawing |
