Die Söhne nach der Leiche des Vaters schießend, ca. 1550

Title

Die Söhne nach der Leiche des Vaters schießend

Draughtsman

• Swiss, 16th century

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Swiss

Production Reason

• composition study

Captions Added Later

Unten links Stempel der Sammlung Marquis Charles de Valori, Paris (Lugt 2500)

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
• portrayal of a historical event

Illustrated Passage

• Gesta Romanorum, Kapitel 45

Primary

• 42B53 shooting at father's corpse: two rival heirs are forced by a judge to shoot an arrow at a corpse; the false heir does not hesitate to do so, the true one, knowing that he will be shooting at his father, refuses