Allegory of redemption

Title

Allegory of redemption

Draughtsman

• Swiss, 16th century

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Swiss

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet oben links (mit der Feder in Grau): 18: 1620[?]; unten mittig (mit der Feder in Grau): P. Brugel fec.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• allegory

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Venus
• Cupid

Primary

• 11B41 Divine decree of Redemption, allegorical figures present, e.g. Justice, Mercy, Peace and Truth (the Virtues reconciled)
• 11D34 adult Christ ~ abstract conceptions
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds
• 46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
• 92D17 specific aspects of Cupid

Historic Attribution

• Pieter Bruegel the Elder draughtsman