Das Martyrium des Heiligen Stephanus

Title

Das Martyrium des Heiligen Stephanus

Draughtsman

• Jacob Jordaens

Production Place

• Antwerp

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolour
• gouache
• chalk
• red chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• white heightening
• chalk drawing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Flemish

Production Reason

• composition study
• colour study
• study after a painting
• presentation design?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): Jacque Jordanus 12. L.; unten rechts: J. Jordans fecit

Watermark

• Wappen mit Krone

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1916

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Stephen (saint)
• Jesus Christ
• God the Father

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Apostelgeschichte 7,56

Primary

• 11H(STEPHEN)6 the deacon and (proto)martyr Stephen; possible attributes: censer, stones - martyrdom, suffering, misfortune, death of male saint
• 73F35631 Stephen's vision of Christ in heaven