The olymp, ca. 1774

Title

The olymp

Draughtsman

• Daniel Chodowiecki

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• red chalk drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• composition study
• design for an engraving

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Bekröntes Wappen mit Posthorn

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 1849

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Jupiter
• Juno
• Apollo
• Vesta
• Mercury
• Ceres
• Diana
• Minerva
• Cupid
• Venus
• Vulcan
• Mars
• Neptune

Primary

• 93B Olympus
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds
• 92A the Olympian gods together: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Minerva, Vulcan, Vesta (or Bacchus)