Egyptian capital, 1829 – 1830

Title

Egyptian capital

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Part Number / Total

23 / 25

Production Place

• Egypt

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• watercolours
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• architecture study
• travel study

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• architecture

Primary

• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 48C1612(+0) capital (~ column, pillar) (+ variant)
• 48A98211 mask, mascaron ~ ornament
• 48A9823 ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed
• 49L21 Egyptian hieroglyphs