Concert, ca. 1743 – 1750

Title

Concert

Draughtsman

• Francesco Fontebasso

Part Number / Total

18 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Light grey-brown and dark-brown ink over grey pen (traces), grey-brown and reddish-brown washes, on ribbed laid paper

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• presentation design
• ceiling painting design

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

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 1907

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint
• architecture
• interior
• sketch

Main Motif

• man
• woman
• musician (male)
• angel
• interior space
• group of people

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Flora
• Musica
• Cupid

Primary

• 41A541 balustrade
• 48C16 architectural detail
• 48CC753 more than one musician with instrument - CC - 'concert champêtre'

Secondary

• 48C7323 lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo
• 41C342 serving-dish, platter

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman