Die wunderbare Brotvermehrung

Title

Die wunderbare Brotvermehrung

Draughtsman

• Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarzbraun): Pierre

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 14,13-21
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 15,32-39
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 6,30-44
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 8,1-10
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 9, 10-17
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 6,1-15

Primary

• 73C6121 Christ blessing the bread and fish brought by a boy

Secondary

• 41C621 bread, loaf
• 31A25221(+54) hands folded with fingers knit (+ kneeling)
• 31AA2511(+54) arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands (+ kneeling)
• 42A3 mother and baby or young child