Drawing, Sketches A) Sibyl (.); B) St. John preaching, 1780 (CH 18118263)
Summary
Vertical composition with sketches. A) A standing woman with a turban, shown from the front. She carries an open book in her lowered hands. "5" is written above at right. Reverse: B) St. John is shown from the front sitting. He points with his right hand at heaven. At left is a group of people listening to him; some stand, some sit. At right is the Lamb, standing with its front legs upon the seat of the Precursor. He leans his left arm upon something above which the heads of two elderly men are shown. "6" is written above at right.
Tags
Date
1780
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
public domain