Study for God Appears to Moses and his Companions, Plate 171, Physica Sacra, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763, Brush and grey, black, and blue wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper, A robed male figure with a crown and staff, presumably God, sits on a throne made of clouds in the center of the composition. Rays of light and a circle of clouds surround him and cover the top portion of the picture, becoming darker as they reach the picture frame. The figure hovers in the sky above a rectangular blue platform. On the ground below a group of robed men kneel and bow before him. One man, presumably Moses, stands in the center with his arms stretched outwards. An elaborately decorated frame borders the scene., Zürich, Switzerland, before 1731, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Study, God, Moses, Companions, Plate 171, Physica Sacra, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763, Brush, grey, black, blue wash, pen, brown, black ink, cream laid paper, robed male figure, crown, staff, presumably God, sits, throne, clouds, center, composition, Rays, light, circle, clouds surround, cover, top portion, picture, becoming darker, reach, picture frame, figure hovers, sky, rectangular blue platform, ground, group, robed men kneel, bow, man, presumably Moses, stands, center, arms stretched outwards, elaborately decorated frame borders, scene, Zürich, Switzerland, 1731, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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