Beweinung Christi mit Maria, Johannes, Maria Magdalena und einem Engel, 1774

Title

Beweinung Christi mit Maria, Johannes, Maria Magdalena und einem Engel

Draughtsman

• Johann Erdmann Gottlieb Prestel

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after an altar
• preliminary drawing for a reproduction print?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert in der Darstellung unten links auf einem Stein (mit der Feder): 1774; bezeichnet unten neben der Dornenkrone: Iesus Rex I

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• John the Evangelist
• Mary Magdalene

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,49

Primary

• 73D721 lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns)
• 73D7212(+3) Christ's body supported (+ angel(s))
• 11F the Virgin Mary