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This is a drawing depicting a medieval scene with allegorical elements. The drawing features a house labeled "Vita domus humanae" with figures interacting. One figure labeled "Hodie" is serving a drink to another person, while outside, a figure labeled "Cras" is entering as a figure labeled "Tempus" gestures. The house has a tiled roof and the label "Indulencia" is present. The figures wear medieval European clothing and the artwork utilizes strong line work and shading to convey depth and texture.
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This is a drawing depicting a medieval scene with allegorical elements. The drawing features a house labeled "Vita domus humanae" with figures interacting. One figure labeled "Hodie" is serving a drink to another person, while outside, a figure labeled "Cras" is entering as a figure labeled "Tempus" gestures. The house has a tiled roof and the label "Indulencia" is present. The figures wear medieval European clothing and the artwork utilizes strong line work and shading to convey depth and texture.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Do Not Sit on the Grain Measure" [fol. 12 recto]

French early 16th Century

Date
c. 1512/1515
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.3 x 10.8 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2006.11.60
Credit line
Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Speculum principis (Mirror for Princes)

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Door
  • Cherub
  • Building
  • Figures
  • Writing
Provenance

(Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lot 64); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-17 November 1937, lot 546); (sale, London, Maggs Bros., Ltd., catalogue 709, 1941, no. 30); (purchased by William H. Schab Gallery via Paul Graupe); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Inscription

across top in pen and brown ink: Vife. domus. humane.; across center in pen and brown ink: hodie / Cras / Tempus: / Industria:

NGA object ID 86039. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.