Die drei Männer im Feuerofen, July 10, 1833

Title

Die drei Männer im Feuerofen

Draughtsman

• Edward von Steinle

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk?
• coal?
• cardboard

Technique

• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Austrian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for a room arrangement?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten rechts (mit schwarzem Stift): ES [ligiert] / ROMA / d 10 July 1833.

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Nebuchadnezzar II (king of Babylon)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Daniel 3

Primary

• 71P134 to his astonishment King Nebuchadnezzar sees four men (one of them usually represented as an angel) in the furnace; the king commands them to come forth

Secondary

• 71P1342 the prayer of the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace