Capturing two oxen, 1829

Title

Capturing two oxen

Draughtsman

• Alfred Rethel

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• animal study
• movement study
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten rechts (von eigener Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): Skizze von Rethel. 1829.

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre
• animal depiction

Primary

• 47I211 bovine cattle
• 47I2(+2) cattle-breeding, livestock industry (+ labourers ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)