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Clarissa stands beside a table with three burning candles (Strength vanquished by Cunning), Daniel Chodowiecki

Daniel Chodowiecki

Clarissa stands beside a table with three burning candles (Strength vanquished by Cunning)

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Daniel Chodowiecki

Clarissa stands beside a table with three burning candles (Strength vanquished by Cunning), ca. 1791

Blatt: 123 x 65 mm

Inventory Number: 2172

Object Number: 2172 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1849

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Clarissa stands beside a table with three burning candles (Strength vanquished by Cunning)

Draughtsman

Daniel Chodowiecki

Part Number / Total: 15 / 22

Period Produced

18th century

School

classicism

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet oben rechts (mit der Feder in Grau und Rot): VI 115

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

83(RICHARDSON, Clarissa)(RICHARDSON, Clarissa) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
82AA(CLARISSA)female literary characters (CLARISSA)
31D15(+74)adult woman (+ four persons)
31D14(+54)adult man (+ kneeling)
11Q2(private) prayer; 'Oratione', 'Preghiere', 'Preghiere a Dio' (Ripa)
41AA1civic architecture; edifices; dwellings - AA - civic architecture: inside
41A711table
41B313(+3)candlestick (+ giving someone a light)

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10.08.2026