Design for a frontispiece: Allegory of the City of Amsterdam Enthroned, Surrounded by Allegorical Figures, ca. 1767

Title

Design for a frontispiece: Allegory of the City of Amsterdam Enthroned, Surrounded by Allegorical Figures

Draughtsman

• Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Black chalk and brush and grey and white ink

Material

• chalk?
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for a print

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Pro Patria mit »Maid of Dort« im Garten von Holland, darüber links »HK« und rechts »Pro Patria«

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• allegory

Primary

• 44B121 audition; ruler giving audience
• 31A235 sitting figure
• 5(+113) Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ clothed)
• 61D(NETHERLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (NETHERLANDS) (NETHERLANDS)