Bacchus, Ceres und Flora mit Gefolge in Wolken schwebend

Title

Bacchus, Ceres und Flora mit Gefolge in Wolken schwebend

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• graphite drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert in der Darstellung links innerhalb des mit Ähren gefüllten Korbes der Figur in den Wolken (mit der Feder in Grau): I.D. WIT.

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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

• Bacchus
• Ceres
• Flora

Primary

• 92L1 (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber
• 92M1 (story of) Ceres (Demeter)
• 96A23 (story of) Flora
• 92L18(THYRSUS) thyrsus ~ attribute of Bacchus
• 92L1912 male bacchant(es)
• 92L1911 maenad(s), female bacchant(es)
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds