Auffindung des Romulus und Remus

Title

Auffindung des Romulus und Remus

Draughtsman

• Italian, 17th century

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• coal?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Italian

Production Reason

• study after a sculptural work?
• study after a drawing?

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

• Romulus and Remus
• Romulus
• Remus

Primary

• 96C(ROMULUS)123 the herdsman Faustulus discovers Romulus and Remus

Alternative Attribution

• after Nicolas Poussin inventor; by note on mount