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Hans Jakob Nüscheler
Zürich 1583 – 1654 Zürich
Allegory of the Rule of Human Life
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size: 222 x 165 mm, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.
technique: Pen, grey ink, grey wash
provenance: Hettlinger, Schwyz ; Otto Wessner, St. Gallen ; His sale, Zürich, 3-5 November 1925, lot 135 ; Vente August Laube, Zürich, 3 June 1970, lot 1056 ;
description: Inscribed and dated in the top left corner : Regel des Menschlichen Läbens. 1646. Inscribed in the bottom: O Mensch fürcht Gott nach seinem gsatz […] Das überig wirt Gott will machen
Description
The present drawing is an Allegory of the Rules of Human Life which depend on the divine rules. In effect, a crowned woman is standing before the Tables of the Law. She holds in her left hand a scepter drawings by Nuschelersurrounded by two serpents, symbols of power, wisdom and divine authority, and in her right hand the Cross. On her shoulder sits a bird, most probably a dove, to symbolize peace. The woman stands on a globe to show the universality of the divine principles.
Additional information
| size: | 222 x 165 mm, 8 <sup>3/4</sup> x 6 <sup>1/2 </sup>in. |
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| technique: | Pen, grey ink, grey wash |
| provenance: | Hettlinger, Schwyz ; |
| description: | Inscribed and dated in the top left corner : Regel des Menschlichen Läbens. 1646. |
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