Allegory of Christian Belief

c. 1622

Johann Liss

Johann Liss (German, c. 1597–1631)

Drawings

Allegory of Christian Belief, c. 1622. Johann Liss (German, c. 1597–1631). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; framing lines in pen and black ink; sheet: 15.3 x 9.4 cm (6 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1953.6

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Liss, Johann
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
Medium: pen, brown, ink, brush, wash, framing, lines, black
Dimensions: Sheet: 15.3 x 9.4 cm (6 x 3 11/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signed, lower right, in brown ink: Johan Liss / Mahler [illegible] / Holsati[a][masked] ; by artist, upper right, in brown ink: Alle Kunst undt widtz ist / eitel staub. / Hoch weisheidt ist ann. / Christum gelaub. ; by artist, lower right, in brown ink: Zu Rom den 19 martis Ao ["o" in superscript] 16[illegible, final two numbers abraded] ; upper left, in brown ink: + [collector's mark?]; upper right, along right edge, in brown ink: 265 [sideways] ; VERSO, upper left, in ink: 572 ; upper right, in graphite: 69 [sideways] ; center, in graphite: No. 99 al ; lower right, in graphite: Joh. Liss. [erased] ; lower left, in graphite: mj [?] ; lower left, in graphite: T5910 ; lower left, in graphite: Jah. Lys 1570-1626 ; lower right, in graphite(?): Bo. 20
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1953.6
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Exhibitions: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition, Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries, Drawings, Old Master Drawings, Art in Italy, 1600-1700, Old Master Prints and Drawings, Venetian Drawings from American Collections, The German Tradition, Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights Statement: CC0