Diogenes sucht einen Menschen

Title

Diogenes sucht einen Menschen

Draughtsman

• Pieter van Mol ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (von fremder Hand?, mit grauem Stift): van Mol

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): van Mol [unleserlich] de Rubens / [...]
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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

Persons Shown

• Diogenes of Sinope

Primary

• 98B(DIOGENES)52 Diogenes, carrying a lighted lantarn by daylight, trying to find an honest man, usually in a crowded market-place
• 46A7 crowd, mob

Alternative Attribution

• Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert ? draughtsman; by note on mount