Label Text
British painter Charles Sims was a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. His lithograph of a nude female figure amidst drapery refers to the story of Noah following the flood in Genesis 9:27: "God shall enlarge Japeth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."
Source: News, Jan Feb Mar 2016
DimensionsSheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (37.8 × 27 cm)
Image: 11 3/8 × 8 in. (28.9 × 20.3 cm)
Image: 11 3/8 × 8 in. (28.9 × 20.3 cm)
Accession Number 2015.45
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedC Sims (l,r print)
Catalogue raisonnéCampbell Dodgson 13
Paper/Supportsmooth wove paper
Provenance(Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, London); Marilyn and Ted Lee, Des Moines [purchased from the previous, 1993]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2015]
Charles-Nicolas Cochin II
Augustin de Saint-Aubin
Augustin de Saint-Aubin
1787
