Empfang Helenas in Troja (?)

Title

Empfang Helenas in Troja (?)

Draughtsman

• Arnold Houbraken

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk?
• red chalk?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• red chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit rotem Stift): A. Houbraken [spiegelverkehrt]

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Homer

Illustrated Passage

• Homer: Ilias

Primary

• 94C141 the arrival of Paris and Helen at Troy
• 43A42 triumphal entry and public reception, pageant, 'entrée solennelle', 'joyeuse entrée'

Secondary

• 43A423 other decorative structures (~ triumphal entry, etc.)
• 25I146 city-walls
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat