Clarissa steht neben einem Tisch mit drei brennenden Kerzen (Stärke besiegt durch List), ca. 1791

Title

Clarissa steht neben einem Tisch mit drei brennenden Kerzen (Stärke besiegt durch List)

Draughtsman

• Daniel Chodowiecki

Part Number / Total

15 / 22

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for an etching

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

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1849

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation
• interior

Persons Shown

• Clarissa Harlowe
• Robert Lovelace

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Samuel Richardson

Illustrated Passage

• Samuel Richardson: Clarissa

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)
• 41AA1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings - AA - civic architecture: inside
• 41A711 table
• 41B313(+3) candlestick (+ giving someone a light)