Allegorie, eine Art christlicher Herkules auf dem Scheideweg

Title

Allegorie, eine Art christlicher Herkules auf dem Scheideweg

Draughtsman

• Johann Rottenhammer

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• early Baroque
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• southern German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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

• 46C1160 cross-roads, bifurcation (represented allegorically or symbolically)
• 11R3 the course of life symbolized
• 57AA6(+6) Viciousness, Naughtiness (+ situation or event (especially in genre-painting) with symbolical connotation)
• 11MM311 godliness ~ the Three Theological Virtues - MM - Virtues triumphant