Der Tod des Heiligen Joseph

Title

Der Tod des Heiligen Joseph

Draughtsman

• Josef Christ

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unterhalb der Darstellung in der Kartusche (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Dunkelbraun): S. Ioseph moriens. / Jos. Christ [unterstrichen] del.

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1920

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Joseph of Nazareth

Primary

• 11H(JOSEPH)68 the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools - death, deathbed of male saint
• 73B8 Holy Family, and derived representations

Secondary

• 11R51 scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas'
• 23U22 hourglass
• 11G1911 cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings