Feeding the poor, 1872

Title

Feeding the poor

Draughtsman

• Rudolf Hirth du Frênes

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• graphite-clay mixture
• cardboard

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): RudolphHirth 1872.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1913 from the artist

Genre

• genre
• interior

Primary

• 55BB1(+6) Poverty; 'Povertà', 'Povertà del doni', 'Povertà in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa) (+ situation or event (especially in genre-painting) with symbolical connotation)
• 46A212 giving alms or other charity, e.g.: handing out food