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Source Description
German academic artists, thinking that art could serve as a force for instructing and ennobling mankind, often rendered the human figure in dramatic, heroic terms.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
33086
label
God the Father Creating the World
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
33086
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
God the Father Creating the World
description
German academic artists, thinking that art could serve as a force for instructing and ennobling mankind, often rendered the human figure in dramatic, heroic terms.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1851
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22
height
25.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 11/16 x W: 10 1/8 in. (22 x 25.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Monogram and date] bottom right: 18 S 51
med
pen and ink on paper
creator_ids
6668
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2179
2354
2832
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e7f1bc631e50b55b