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Noah's Sacrifice, plate IX from The Creation and Early History of Man

Jan Wierix

Date: 1606
Medium: Pen and brown ink on parchment
Culture: Flanders
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

After surviving the Flood, Noah’s family gives thanks by sacrificing an animal. Antwerp-born Jan Wierix showed this ancient scene of thanksgiving from above, with an almost all-seeing view of the family, their sacrifice, God appearing in a cloud, and the vessel of their salvation (the ark) shown in the background at left. This subject is one of 20 in the series titled The Creation and Early History of Man . The delicacy of the line work and the drawing’s presentation on the durable material of vellum suggest that Wierix intended this series of miniature drawings to serve as treasured possessions for a devoted collector of fine and precious things.

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