Dancing boy

Title

Dancing boy

Draughtsman

• Ernst Welker

Recto

Berglandschaft (Landschaft bei Graz, Steiermark?)

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• movement study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet rechts (mit Bleistift): Welker // Welker

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 1915

Genre

• genre

Primary

• 31A(+1) the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ front view)
• 43C91(+0) one person dancing alone (+ variant)
• 31A2627(+51) standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs crossed (+ standing)
• 31AA2511 arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands