Study for The Iron Bedstead of King Og, Plate 324, Physica Sacra, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763, Brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper, A large, elaborately carved bedstead appears on the left side of the picture. A group of men surround the bedstead on the left and right sides, staring and pointing, while a dog on the right walks, with head hanging down, towards the large structure. The background of the room contains arched windows, behind which appear trees. A stool, cut off by the picture frame on the left corner, appears in front of the bed. A curtain hangs from above, extending beyond the border of the picture and becoming part of the picture frame. A crossed pair of bones is positioned in four places on the frame, becoming part of the frame's detailed ornamentation., Zürich, Switzerland, before 1731, religion, Drawing, Drawing
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Study, Iron Bedstead, King Og, Plate 324, Physica Sacra, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763, Brush, grey, black wash, pen, brown, black ink, cream laid paper, large, elaborately carved bedstead, left side, picture, group, men surround, bedstead, left, right sides, staring, pointing, dog, right walks, head hanging down, towards, large structure, background, room contains arched windows, trees, stool, cut off, picture frame, left corner, front, bed, curtain hangs, extending beyond, border, picture, becoming part, picture frame, crossed pair, bones, positioned, four places, frame, becoming part, frame's detailed ornamentation, Zürich, Switzerland, 1731, religion, Drawing, Drawing
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