Boy on a high horse, 1518

Title

Boy on a high horse

Draughtsman

• Hans Schäufelein

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• southern German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten (mit der Feder in Schwarz): HS [ligiert] 1518

Watermark

• Krone mit Hochbügel

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• animal depiction

Primary

• 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
• 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth)