The Ark (detail)

1695 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

religious

The story of Noah and the Art is told in the Genesis. In the present painting, Noah appears in the left, with his wife behind him and a son and daughter-in-law to the right. Noah instructs two younger, well-dressed women, who carry earthenware vessels.

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About the Artist

Lodewijk Tieling

Lodewijk Tieling was a Dutch landscape painter, active in Amsterdam. He registered as a citizen of Amsterdam in 1696. About twenty pictures are known by or attributed to him. In his landscapes northern European trees frame views of Italianate valleys, hills and buildings.

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