Queen Jezebel torn to pieces by dogs, 1660

Blatt: 192 x 270 mm

Physical Description: Pen and brush in several shades of brown, graphite

Inventory Number: 13446

Object Number: 13446 Z

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

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About the Work

It is a ghastly scene that roils the bystanders. Dogs are tearing the corpse of Queen Jezebel (wife of King Ahab of Israel) to pieces as punishment for her wrongdoings. Although the composition of this gripping scene has been thoroughly developed, it bears no relation to any known print or painting. With its generous application of ink and dramatic light effects it points to the influence of Cortona and is therefore attributed to his pupil Ciro Ferri.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Queen Jezebel torn to pieces by dogs

Draughtsman

Ciro Ferri attributed

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pen and brush in several shades of brown, graphite

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Roman

Production Reason

Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): Ciro Ferri Romano; verso bezeichnet oben (mit der Feder in Braun): Jezabel è precipitata da una torre, et poi lacerata da’ cani in pena di haver tolta la vita su il campo à Naboth p[er] content[are] / la voglia di Achab suo marito. Lib. 8. delle antich. Giud. cap. 14. e lib. 9. cap. 6.; unten mittig (mit Bleistift): „Sammlg J G A [sic] Weigel / auction Gutekunst | 12. Mai 1883 | N° 324; links davon Stempel A. von Lanna (L. 2773); darunter (mit Bleistift): 147; darunter Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts (L. 2356) mit dazugehöriger Inventarnummer: 13446 (Bleistift); entlang der unteren Kante mittig: 1150