Ceiling design: Flora and putti, 1726

Title

Ceiling design: Flora and putti

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Verso

Einen Blumenkorb tragende Amoretten

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pen and grey ink, brush and watercolour, over black chalk or charcoal

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): blaffon / […] mouscheron 1726 geschildert [beschnitten]; darüber bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): door d H.r Isac de
Verso bezeichnet oben mittig (in Grafit): P; darunter bezeichnet (in Bleistift): H 7500.- [beschnitten]
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• M I [oder I M]

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
• mythological representation
• allegory

Persons Shown

• Flora

Primary

• 41A44 (decorated) ceiling
• 96A2378 triumph of Flora
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• 25G411 cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers
• 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket
• 31AA27631(+4) sitting or standing on clouds - AA - female human figure (+ three-quarter view)