Boas and Ruth, 1832

Title

Boas and Ruth

Draughtsman

• Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

Bundle

Deutsche Kunst in Rom im Jahr 1818, in Rom erworben und gesammelt von Baron Philipp Esaias von Schneider aus Frankfurt am Main

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): M. Oppenheim. fecit / 1832

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links 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
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Rut
• Boas

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Rut 2

Primary

• 71F64 Ruth in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:3-17)
• 71F643 Boaz speaks to Ruth; Ruth usually bowing down, or kneeling before him
• 25H183 field filled with a crop