Alexander mit seinem Gefolge vor Diogenes

Title

Alexander mit seinem Gefolge vor Diogenes

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfer

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Late Baroque
• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): Schaeffer fe:

Watermark

• J Kool

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration

Persons Shown

• Alexander III (king of Macedon)
• Diogenes of Sinope

Primary

• 98B(DIOGENES)51 Alexander's visit to Diogenes, who sits by his barrel and asks Alexander to get out of his light
• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT) (story of) Alexander the Great