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Sheet with various encyclopedic illustrations, Encyclopedic illustrations for youth, Bilder-Akademie für die Jugend, print, Various illustrations framed, with the Ark of the Covenant brought to Jerusalem at the center, surrounded by other images including birds, musical instruments, and portraits of classical writers. Numbered bottom center: 25., printmaker: Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, 1784, paper, engraving, etching, height 209 mm x width 275 mm, Part of a series of encyclopedic prints by various artists after a design by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki for Johann Sigmund Stoy's 'Bilder-Akademie für die Jugend', published in Nuremberg in 1784. The prints were intended for children to cut out, paste onto cards, and then arrange in a logical manner (see Heesen, Anke te. The World in a Box: The Story of an Eighteenth-Century Picture Encyclopedia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002)., birds, group of musical instruments, the Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6), A large engraved sheet divided into many rectangular panels showing musical instruments, portraits, and scenes; near the top left a panel displays various wind and percussion instruments arranged neatly, next to a row of classical busts in profile and frontal views, and a scene of musicians playing a harpsichord and strings while a seated woman holds a fan; below that a grid of small panels each containing different bird illustrations, adjacent to a central pastoral scene of robed figures marching under a tree with lyres, drums, and horns while a cart and oxen move along a road in the background; to the right a panel showing an ornate pipe organ with surrounding musical implements and stringed instruments displayed around it; lower panels depict interior scenes with robed men exchanging a document, another man reclining while a figure gestures

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Sheet various encyclopedic illustrations Encyclopedic illustrations youth Bilder-Akademie für die Jugend print Various illustrations framed Ark Covenant Jerusalem center surrounded images birds musical instruments portraits classical writers Numbered bottom center 25 printmaker Johann Rudolph Schellenberg 1784 paper engraving etching height 209 mm x width 275 mm Part series encyclopedic prints various artists design Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Johann Sigmund Stoy's published Nuremberg prints intended children cut paste cards arrange logical manner see Heesen Anke te World Box Story Eighteenth-Century Picture Encyclopedia Chicago University Chicago Press 2002 group 2 Samuel 6 large engraved sheet divided rectangular panels showing scenes near top left panel displays various wind percussion instruments arranged neatly next row classical busts profile frontal views scene musicians playing harpsichord strings seated woman holds fan grid small panels containing different bird illustrations adjacent central pastoral scene robed figures marching under tree lyres drums horns cart oxen move road background right panel showing ornate pipe organ surrounding musical implements stringed instruments displayed lower panels depict interior scenes robed men exchanging document another man reclining figure gestures