Die Hochzeit von Peleus und Thetis, 1833

Title

Die Hochzeit von Peleus und Thetis

Draughtsman

• Eugen Eduard Schäffer

Inventor

• after Peter von Cornelius

Invented in

Munich

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• study after a ceiling painting
• finished drawing
• tracing

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

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Peleus
• Thetis

Primary

• 92I2121 (story of) Peleus and Thetis
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• 33C233 (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 92I212132 the marriage-feast of Peleus and Thetis in the clouds
• 33C231 arm in arm (lovers)