Ansicht von Frankfurt am Main, 1646

Title

Ansicht von Frankfurt am Main

Draughtsman

• Unknown, 17th century

Inventor

• after Matthäus Merian the Elder

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet in der Darstellung oben mittig im Lorbeerkranz (mit der Feder in Dunkelgrau): Francofortum / ut versus Orientem / Visitur; unten in der Banderole die Bezeichnungen der dargestellten Geografika

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1867

Genre

• city view
• topographical drawing

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61E(FRANKFURT AM MAIN) names of cities and villages (FRANKFURT AM MAIN)
• 61D(MAIN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (MAIN) (MAIN)
• 25H213 river
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Historic Attribution

• Matthäus Merian the Elder draughtsman