Deckenentwurf mit Marienkrönung (Fragment), ca. 1752

Title

Deckenentwurf mit Marienkrönung (Fragment)

Draughtsman

• Matthäus Günther

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• lead-tin alloy
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• lead-pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• composition study
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet in der Darastellung unten mittig im Gewölbeunterzug (mit der Feder in Schwarz): III

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• J. HONIG & ZOON

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 1921

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint
• allegory

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 73E795 coronation of Mary by one or more angels
• 11D12 the cross ~ symbols of Christ
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds

Secondary

• 44A51 personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.
• 41D2632 parasol, sunshade