Sacrifice of Iphigenia, ca. 1680 – 1700

Title

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Draughtsman

• Nicolas Poussin ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): fso // 780

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Rosenberg/Prat 1994.II.888.R.439

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
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Iphigenia

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Euripides

Illustrated Passage

• Euripides: Iphigenie in Aulis

Primary

• 94D132 the sacrifice of Iphigenia

Alternative Attribution

• French draughtsman; by literature
• Nicolas Poussin draughtsman; declined, by literature