King Solomon Beholds the Ark of the Covenant Being Brought to the Temple. Artist: Andrea Vicentino (Andrea Michieli) (Italian, Venice 1542-1618 Venice). Dimensions: 18-1/2 x 12-3/4 in. (47.2 x 32.7 cm). Date: 1604.Representing an episode in the reign of King Solomon of the Old Testament (First Book of Kings), this large, highly finished composition is executed in a dense, painterly brush technique on blue paper that is typical of North-Italian practice. The drawing dates from the artist's late period, and may have been intended as a demonstration piece for a patron to show the design of a monumental canvas or fresco with an arched shape. As identified only recently by Stefania Mason (June 2013), the drawing is in fact a preparatory modello for the organ shutters of the Church of San Zulian (San Giuliano) in Venice, painted by Il Vicentino in 1604. A drawing in the Musée des Beaux-arts, Nantes, has also been identified as the preparatory modello for the organ shutters at San Zulian (see

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King Solomon Beholds the Ark of the Covenant Being Brought to the Temple. Artist: Andrea Vicentino (Andrea Michieli) (Italian, Venice 1542-1618 Venice). Dimensions: 18-1/2 x 12-3/4 in. (47.2 x 32.7 cm). Date: 1604.Representing an episode in the reign of King Solomon of the Old Testament (First Book of Kings), this large, highly finished composition is executed in a dense, painterly brush technique on blue paper that is typical of North-Italian practice. The drawing dates from the artist's late period, and may have been intended as a demonstration piece for a patron to show the design of a monumental canvas or fresco with an arched shape. As identified only recently by Stefania Mason (June 2013), the drawing is in fact a preparatory modello for the organ shutters of the Church of San Zulian (San Giuliano) in Venice, painted by Il Vicentino in 1604. A drawing in the Musée des Beaux-arts, Nantes, has also been identified as the preparatory modello for the organ shutters at San Zulian (see

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