The Good Samaritan

Title

The Good Samaritan

Draughtsman

• Alfred Rethel

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• animal study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Alfred Rethel.

Captions Added Later

Verso mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1901

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Samaritan

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 10,25-37

Primary

• 73C8613 a Samaritan tending the wounds of the traveller