Ein großer Zug von Elefanten geleitet einen türkischen Sultan zur Moschee

Title

Ein großer Zug von Elefanten geleitet einen türkischen Sultan zur Moschee

Draughtsman

• Jan Luyken ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration?

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Nicht bei Eeghen

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre

Primary

• 25I1(+1) city-view in general; 'veduta' (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• 44B1651 ceremonial procession, parade, pageant ~ installation of a ruler
• 25F25(ELEPHANT) trunked animals: elephant
• 44B1 ruler, sovereign
• 12I61 temple, shrine ~ Islam, Mohammedanism

Alternative Attribution

• Jan Goeree draughtsman; by note on mount
• Jan Luyken draughtsman; declined, by note on mount