Sheet 2: War, 1916

Title

Sheet 2: War

Draughtsman

• Georg Poppe

Part Number / Total

2 / 12

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• cardboard

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unterhalb der Darstellung (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Georg Poppe 16 // aus unsinnigen Träumen 2. / "Krieg".

Captions Added Later

Verso unten mittig Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Georg Poppe

Acquisition

Acquired in 1919

Genre

• historical narration
• allegory

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Death

Primary

• 45A10(+1) symbols, allegories of war; 'Guerra' (Ripa) (+ during the battle)
• 31F26 Death as skeleton
• 45B(+2) the soldier; the soldier's life (+ land forces)
• 31B8 fool, simpleton, numskull