Ball Game in Rome, 1797

Blatt: 443 x 552 mm

Physical Description: Grey ink and watercolour over grey pen on ribbed laid paper

Inventory Number: 1573

Object Number: 1573 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Acquisition

In March 1815, the Frankfurt businessman and banker Johann Friedrich Städel bequeathed his entire fortune and art collection to a foundation which was to be named after him: the 'Städelsches Kunstinstitut'. However, he also dedicated the foundation to the citizens of Frankfurt immaterially, wishing it to be an "adornment and of practical use" to Frankfurt's citizenry. He was thus the first ordinary citizen in the German-speaking region to found a public art museum: the present-day Städel Museum. When he died, his collection comprised 476 paintings, some 4,600 drawings, almost 10,000 printed graphics and valuable books.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Ball Game in Rome

Draughtsman

Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Period Produced

18th century

School

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Grey ink and watercolour over grey pen on ribbed laid paper

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Grau): erfunden und in skicirter Manier gezeichnet von J. Hein: Ramberg / kön: C. Fürst: Hofmaler in Hannover 1797.

Watermark

Nicht vorhanden

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Main Motif

Iconclass

Primary

43C412(+6) ball games in which hands are used (team play) (+ out of doors (sports, games, etc.))
61E(ROMA) names of cities and villages (ROMA)
31D14 adult man
31D15 adult woman
42B742 mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group)
31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth)
41A34 staircase