Dinner party, June 1760

Title

Dinner party

Draughtsman

• Daniel Chodowiecki

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert unten rechts (mit grauem Stift): 60 Jni

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• 'NIG/'ON [Fragment]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1849

Genre

• genre

Primary

• 43A2 private festivities, merry company
• 31D15(+74) adult woman (+ four persons)

Secondary

• 41C3 laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc.
• 41A721 chair
• 31AA2352 sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
• 33A35 conversation, dialogue; conversation piece