Der Affe als Graveur und Goldschmied, 1748

Title

Der Affe als Graveur und Goldschmied

Draughtsman

• Johannes Esaias Nilson

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache paint
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• southern German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Grau): Dessiné par J.E. Nilson en 1749.

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

• genre
• caricature
• animal depiction
• interior

Primary

• 5(+2) Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ allegorical scene, i.e. two or more personifications involved in an action)
• 25F22 monkeys, apes
• 48C311 jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith
• 48B11 workshop, studio of the artist (in general)
• 48C51562 (feigned) picture curtain