Apollo überreicht der Dichtkunst den Kranz, 1766

Title

Apollo überreicht der Dichtkunst den Kranz

Draughtsman

• Charles Eisen

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an engraving
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): Ch. Eisen. invn. et. f. 1766.

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• allegory
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Apollo

Primary

• 49M412 vignette
• 92B38(LYRE) attributes of Apollo: lyre
• 48C901 symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa)
• 92D429 Calliope (one of the Muses); 'Calliope' (Ripa)
• 25G4111(+1) garland, wreath (+ plants used symbolically)
• 25H112 rocks
• 25FF24(WINGED HORSE) fabulous animals ~ hoofed animals: winged horse