Die vier Hauptgetränke: Maiwein, 1853

Title

Die vier Hauptgetränke: Maiwein

Draughtsman

• Adolf Schroedter

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• gouache
• gilt bronze
• graphite-clay mixture
• cardboard

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• gold highlight
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): 18[Korkenzieher]53; bezeichnet in der Darstellung im Schriftband oben mittig (mit Goldbronze): Maiwein

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• J WHATMAN

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1854

Genre

• allegory

Primary

• 41C711(+5) wine ~ alcoholic drinks (+ foodstuffs in other container, e.g.: barrel, can, cask, tin, etc.)
• 5(+113) Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ clothed)
• 5(+123) Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ clothed)
• 25G4111 garland, wreath
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'