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Study for "Sealing of the Twelve Tribes" Window

John La Farge

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

John La Farge modeled these four robed figures with delicate graphite strokes that create subtle silvery tonalities well suited to the ethereal subject matter—a scene from the Bible’s book of Revelation in which an angel places seals on God’s faithful servants to designate them for salvation.

A multitalented artist, La Farge is best known for his stained glass and mural painting. Drawing played a crucial role in such decorative projects, and this sheet was a study for a stained-glass window in Trinity Church in Buffalo, New York.

Caption

John La Farge (American, 1835–1910). Study for "Sealing of the Twelve Tribes" Window, ca. 1889. Graphite on yellow, translucent, smooth textured wove paper, sheet (Irregular): 16 3/8 x 8 in. (41.6 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt, 13.1063. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Study for "Sealing of the Twelve Tribes" Window

Date

ca. 1889

Medium

Graphite on yellow, translucent, smooth textured wove paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet (Irregular): 16 3/8 x 8 in. (41.6 x 20.3 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right in graphite: "J Lafarge"

Credit Line

Gift of George D. Pratt

Accession Number

13.1063

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John La Farge

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