Ermordung eines Mönches und Gefangennahme einer Nonne

Title

Ermordung eines Mönches und Gefangennahme einer Nonne

Draughtsman

• Italian, 16th century

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• white heightening
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a mural painting?
• study after a painting?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet in der Darstellung unten rechts auf dem Sockel (mit der Feder in Braun): VIRGINA D[...]

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1912

Genre

• historical narration

Primary

• 11P31521 monk(s), friar(s)
• 45B the soldier; the soldier's life
• 44G511 murderer
• 31E23463 violent death by cleaving and striking weapons
• 11P31522 nun(s)
• 33B4 abducting

Alternative Attribution

• style of Girolamo Romanino draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Sodoma inventor; by note on mount
• after Girolamo del Pacchia ? inventor; by note on mount

Historic Attribution

• Italian, 15th century draughtsman