Assumption of a Saint

Title

Assumption of a Saint

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo ?

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• iron gall ink
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for a room arrangement?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (mit grauem Stift): XIII

Watermark

• Wappen mit W

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1911

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Primary

• 11HH(+31) female saints (+ angels floating in the air)
• 31G322 angel guiding a soul to heaven, 'psychopompos'
• 43A4321 apotheosis (or ascension) of individuals
• 31D15(+53) adult woman (+ sitting)
• 46C215(ANCHOR) parts of ship's exterior: anchor

Alternative Attribution

• Fabio Canal draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo draughtsman; declined, by note on mount