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'The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing'

Border design attributed to Johann Daniel Preissler German
Former Attribution Matthias Scheits German
ca. 1730
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: 'The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing'
  • Artist: Johann Melchior Füssli (Swiss, Zurich 1677–1736 Zurich)
  • Artist: Border design attributed to Johann Daniel Preissler (German, Nuremberg 1666–1737 Nuremberg)
  • Former Attribution: Matthias Scheits (German, Hamburg ca. 1625–ca. 1700 Hamburg)
  • Date: ca. 1730
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, construction lines in black chalk
  • Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (29.2 x 20 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2008
  • Object Number: 2008.495
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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