Der Tod des Heiligen Joseph

Title

Der Tod des Heiligen Joseph

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• figure study
• movement study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Joannis=Baptae Tiepolo Autographum= // IX; verso bezeichnet oben rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): 10
Verso mittig Trockenstempel einer nicht identifizierten Sammlung

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 1911

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
• 31D16(+56) old man (+ lying)
• 31D15(+53) adult woman (+ sitting)
• 31A25551 index finger upwards