Bacchus at the winepress

Title

Bacchus at the winepress

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 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

• Bacchus

Primary

• 92L1 (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber
• 47I4241 treading grapes
• 11G angels