JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD (Leipzig 1794-1872 Dresden) The Sixth Day of the Creation.
Pen and black ink on light tan wove paper, 1830. 243x280 mm; 9 1/2x11 inches. Inscribed with a Biblical verse and dated in ink, lower recto.
Provenance: Emil Vladimir von der Launitz (?), ink stamp lower left recto (see Lugt 4439); Dr. Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Berlin; private collection, London; private collection, New York; private collection, Santa Fe.
Published: Schaal, Geschichte der Bilderbibel von Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Leipzig, 1936, page 135, number 6.
This drawing is a study for the engraving in Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern, first published in 1852.
