Allegorische Darstellung, Pyramide mit einem Altar

Title

Allegorische Darstellung, Pyramide mit einem Altar

Draughtsman

• Johannes Esaias Nilson

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• gold?
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• watercolour painting
• gold highlight

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet oben mittig (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Iustitia caula et Clementiae. / M:M // LM / Reich und arm hoch und schlecht / kan hier lernen s/iecht und Recht. / obserVate nVn Copport VnItate VL, qVIa, sIt, Vt / In orbe beneDICtI et In aeternItate beatIsItIs.

Captions Added Later

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

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1937

Genre

• allegory

Primary

• 5(+2) Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ allegorical scene, i.e. two or more personifications involved in an action)
• 11G191 angel(s) represented as child(ren)
• 11D422 the Sacred Heart
• 11Q7141(+0) altar (+ variant)
• 49D441 triangular pyramid