Design for a pulpit

Title

Design for a pulpit

Draughtsman

• Josef Herscher

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Czech

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• sculptural design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Jos: Hars: Pils:

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1947

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• God the Father
• Jesus Christ
• Holy Spirit

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 11Q71454 pulpit, ambo, chancel
• 11C God the Father
• 11E1 Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames)
• 11G angels
• 11L211 the ten commandments represented together on stone tablets
• 11D3271 Christ as Good Shepherd
• 73D15 purification of the temple ('first' and 'second'): Christ driving the money-changers from the temple with a whip (Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; John 12:12-19)