Büste Shakespeares, flankiert von Thalia und Melpomene

Title

Büste Shakespeares, flankiert von Thalia und Melpomene

Draughtsman

• Ferdinand Fellner

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• garment study
• composition study

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• portrait
• allegory

Persons Shown

• William Shakespeare
• Thalia (Muse)
• Melpomene

Primary

• 61B2(+511) historical persons (+ full face portrait)
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)
• 92D424 Melpomene (one of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa)
• 92D423 Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa)