Euclid and the geometry, 1521

Title

Euclid and the geometry

Draughtsman

• Hans Brosamer

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• Franconian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert oben rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): 1521.; bezeichnet links am Rand: euclides; unten rechts, in der Stufe: geometria

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand, mit der Feder in Grau): HB; verso bezeichnet oben links (mit der Feder in Braun): W13
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1844

Genre

• allegory

Persons Shown

• Euclides
• Geometria

Primary

• 98B(EUCLIDES)5 male persons from classical history (EUCLIDES) - non-aggressive activities of person from classical history
• 49D40 'Sterometria'; 'Sterometria' (Ripa)

Secondary

• 49MM32 book - MM - book open
• 49N21 lectern ~ reading
• 49B24 teacher and pupil

Historic Attribution

• Barthel Beham draughtsman