A Roman Fountain with a Woman Collecting Water, 1792

Blatt: 400 x 509 mm

Physical Description: Watercolour over grey pen on ripped laid paper, historical mounting

Inventory Number: 1319

Object Number: 1319 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Acquisition

In March 1815, the Frankfurt businessman and banker Johann Friedrich Städel bequeathed his entire fortune and art collection to a foundation which was to be named after him: the 'Städelsches Kunstinstitut'. However, he also dedicated the foundation to the citizens of Frankfurt immaterially, wishing it to be an "adornment and of practical use" to Frankfurt's citizenry. He was thus the first ordinary citizen in the German-speaking region to found a public art museum: the present-day Städel Museum. When he died, his collection comprised 476 paintings, some 4,600 drawings, almost 10,000 printed graphics and valuable books.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: A Roman Fountain with a Woman Collecting Water

Draughtsman

Hubert Robert

Period Produced

18th century

School

classicism

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Watercolour over grey pen on ripped laid paper, historical mounting

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

French

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet in der Darstellung auf dem Stein links (mit dem Pinsel): FONTEM HANC VIATORUM COMMODITA STRUXIT H ROBERT ANNO 1792 [=Diesen Brunnen errichtete Hubert Robert im Jahre 1792 zur Erquickung der Wanderer]

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