Panel illustrating the story of Methuselah (?)
Panel illustrating the story of Methuselah (?)
Published 2018-03-19T10:17:52+00:00
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Oak, carved and painted wood. Carved with a figure of a man sitting in the top of a tree, he grips a bough with his left hand, his right resting on the same branch, he is being spoken to by an angel in the right hand corner. Beside the trunk stands a young man, who holds in his left hand an axe, clasping a chopped off branch with his right. His right foot rests on a shortened branch, his left on the ground. At the base of the tree is an axe with a broken shaft and in the bottom left hand corner a small house.
There is a lettered panel top and bottom and scrolls on the two sides:
top panel, MAT(HU)SALE(H) BILD A/HVS;
left and right scrolls, IVO BILD A HOV(SE) VORS(ELF) and BR(IN)G VI MIAS BOI SA??;
bottom panel, FATHER HOLD Y AX
Possibly this panel illustrates the story of Methuselah just before the flood. The lettering at the top seems to be spoken by the angel 'Methuselah build a house', right and left scrolls spoken by Methuselah to the boy (possibly his grandson Noah), seem to be 'I will build a house for us - Bring up my axe boy', and the bottom panel the boy says 'Father hold (or behold) the axe'.
Inscriptions:
; top of panel; MAT(HU)SALE(H) BILD A/HVS; the lettering at the top seems to be spoken by the angel 'Methuselah build a house'; possibly this panel illustrates the story of Methuselah just before the flood
; right and left scrolls; IVO BILD A HOV(SE) VORS(ELF) and BR(IN)G VI MIAS BOI SA??; right and left scrolls spoken by Methuselah to the boy (possibly his grandson Noah), seem to be 'I will build a house for us - Bring up my axe boy'; possibly this panel illustrates the story of Methuselah just before the flood
; bottom of panel; FATHER HOLD Y AX; words spoken by the boy to his father, 'Father hold or behold the axe'; possibly this panel illustrates the story of Methuselah just before the flood
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Date published | 19/03/2018 |
Complessità | Easy |
Title | Panel illustrating the story of Methuselah (?) |
Date | ca. 1500 — 1550 |
Dimension | height, whole, 18 1/8, in width, whole, 9 3/4, in |
Accession | M.4-1953 |
Period | 16th century |
Medium | Oak, painted |
Credit | Given by Walter Leake; 1953 |
Record | http://webapps.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=30035 |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | Fitzwilliam Museum |