Die Versöhnung der Sabiner und Römer, 1778

Title

Die Versöhnung der Sabiner und Römer

Draughtsman

• Januarius Zick

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Late Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• Indian ink?
• ink?
• lead white
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for a painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Ja. Zick inv. et pinx 1778

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Straßer 1994.498.Z.136

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

Persons Shown

• Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus
• Veturia

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Titus Livius
• Plutarchus

Illustrated Passage

• Livius: Ab urbe condita, 1, 13
• Livius: Ab urbe condita, 2, 39
• Plutarch: Vitae parallelae, Romulus, 19

Primary

• 96D(SABINE WOMEN)611 reconciliation of the Sabines and the Romans: the women, some holding their babies, others with their hair loose, and possibly encouraged by Hersilia call for peace in the midst of the two fighting armies
• 45M2 soldiers and civilians
• 12F61 temple, shrine ~ Roman religion