Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Title

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Draughtsman

• Italian, 18th century ?

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Late Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• copy after a painting?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand): Sebastian Rizzi Pittor
Verso Stempel einer nicht identifizierten Sammlung (Lugt 2732); Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356) mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

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 1910

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Iphigenia

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Euripides

Illustrated Passage

• Euripides: Iphigenie in Aulis

Primary

• 95B(IPHIGENIA)6 (story of) Iphigenia - suffering, misfortune
• 12B2122 human sacrifice ~ non-Christian religions
• 25F24(STAG) hoofed animals: stag

Alternative Attribution

• Anton Kern ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Sebastiano Ricci imitator; inventor; by note on mount
• after Giovanni Battista Pittoni inventor; by note on mount

Historic Attribution

• Sebastiano Ricci draughtsman