Ein Engel erlöst eine Seele aus dem Fegefeuer, ca. 1700

Title

Ein Engel erlöst eine Seele aus dem Fegefeuer

Draughtsman

• Carlo Maratti ?

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• composition study
• design for a room arrangement?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand, mit Bleistift): C. Maratti

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
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• God the Father

Primary

• 11T61(+31) liberation of the souls from purgatory (+ angels floating in the air)
• 11C God the Father
• 26A clouds

Alternative Attribution

• southern German, 18th century ? draughtsman; by note on mount