Der Triumph der Religion in den Künsten, ca. 1829 – 1840

Title

Der Triumph der Religion in den Künsten

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Overbeck

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• composition study
• design for a painting

Watermark

• J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1821

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• allegory
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child

Primary

• 48C30 symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ applied arts
• 11P12 allegorical representations ~ religion; 'Religione', 'Religione de SS. Mauritio e Lazaro', 'Religione vera christiana' (Ripa)
• 11F5(+5) Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) in the air, or on the clouds (+ donor(s), supplicant(s), whether or not with patron saint(s))
• 41A3911 well
• 44B112 emperor
• 11P3111 pope
• 46A7 crowd, mob