Der Heilige Petrus in einem Buche lesend

Title

Der Heilige Petrus in einem Buche lesend

Draughtsman

• Cornelis Visscher

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet oben rechts: C. Visscher / fecit.

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

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Primary

• 73F21 life and acts of Peter
• 49MM32 book - MM - book open
• 49N reading
• 31A251611(+4) hand holding the breast (+ three-quarter view)
• 31B6211(+4) looking upwards (+ three-quarter view)