The high priest Mattathias and his sons killing apostate Jews

Blatt: 244 x 182 mm
Montierung: 256 x 196 mm

Physical Description: Pen in two different shades of brown over black chalk, washed in brown, heightened in white with brush, indications of squaring in black chalk, traces of a framing line in brown

Inventory Number: 4332

Object Number: 4332 Z

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

Texts

About the Work

Whereas Lenardi’s depiction bears an affinity to works by Corona in composition and figural arrangement, it departs from that master in its almost splintery drawing style. What we see playing out here is the Old Testament story of the high priest Mattathias and his sons. They killed faithless Jews aspiring to join pagan cults and would become the first saints of the Old Covenant for their deeds.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The high priest Mattathias and his sons killing apostate Jews

Draughtsman

Giovanni Battista Lenardi attributed

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pen in two different shades of brown over black chalk, washed in brown, heightened in white with brush, indications of squaring in black chalk, traces of a framing line in brown

Material

Technique

Production Reason

composition study

Captions Added Later: Auf der Rückseite (auf dem Auflagekarton) bezeichnet unterhalb der Mitte (mit Bleistift): D […]; unten links und mittig (mit der Feder in Schwarz): No 6; darunter: No 19; daneben: Giovanni Romanelli; darüber mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts (L. 2356)