Apoll with a genius

Title

Apoll with a genius

Draughtsman

• Bertel Thorvaldsen

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Danish

Production Reason

• composition study
• sculptural design?
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mittig (mit Bleistift): Passavant
Verso mittig 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

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Apollo

Primary

• 92B3 (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)
• 31A235(+4) sitting figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 96A43 Genii (Roman tutelary spirits); 'Genio' (Ripa)
• 31A231(+1) standing figure (+ front view)