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Joshua c.1575
Pen and black ink with grey wash; indented for transfer | 12.6 x 8.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904724
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A drawing of Joshua walking, full length, in a landscape; he wears a cloak and plumed helmet, and holds a lance in his right hand, and a large open book in his left hand. In the background are tents and figures. This may illustrate Joshua with 'the book of law' preparing with his people to enter the Promised Land. Inscribed below: . IOSVE . .There are traces of a cut inscription, lower left. This drawing is from a series of thirty four scenes from the Old Testament which, with the exception of RCIN 904742, served as preparatory drawings for 33 of the 39 engravings in reverse by Johannes Sadeler the Elder (Hollstein , XXI, pp.96-7, nos.72-110), designed to illustrate L.Hillesemius, Sacrarum Antiquitatum (Antwerp, 1577).
Provenance
First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p.18: 'Strada & old Masters 73 Drawings 55 pages')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and black ink with grey wash; indented for transfer
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12.6 x 8.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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