Entrance vignette, ca. 1884

Title

Entrance vignette

Draughtsman

• Wilhelm Steinhausen

Part Number / Total

31 / 53

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• graphite-clay mixture?
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• pencil drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert mittig (mit der Feder in Schwarzgrau): WSt. [ligiert]

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1953

Genre

• ornament
• historical narration
• literary representation

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Heinrich Steinhausen

Illustrated Passage

• Heinrich Steinhausen: Irmela. Eine Geschichte aus alter Zeit

Primary

• 48A9833 flowers ~ ornament
• 48A9812 ornament ~ straight lines (alternating and complementary angles)
• 48C7352(+2) horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba (+ artist in non-work situation)