Deckenentwurf (Allegorische Darstellung)

Title

Deckenentwurf (Allegorische Darstellung)

Draughtsman

• Johann Andreas Wolff

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• chalk
• paper

Technique

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

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• animal study
• movement study
• composition study
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Die [unleserlich] / [unleserlich]; unten rechts: Pallatias

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Schwarz): Johan and[dreas, ?] Wolf [unleserlich].

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• allegory

Primary

• 5(+113) Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ clothed)
• 41BB32 torch - BB - torch held upside down
• 96A5(FAMA) Fama as Roman personification
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds
• 31EE23461 violent death by arrow(s) - EE - death not certain; wounded person
• 31A2764 falling through the air