Heidelberg Castle, ca. 1790 – 1794

Title

Heidelberg Castle

Draughtsman

• Georg Melchior Kraus

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Schwarz): G M Kraus. 1793; bezeichnet unten mittig: Schloß bey Heidelberg

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Knorr 2003.46.A.155

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape
• architecture

Primary

• 25I9 landscape with ruins
• 41A9 ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.
• 41A12 castle
• 61E(HEIDELBERG) names of cities and villages (HEIDELBERG)