Flight to Egypt, 1817

Title

Flight to Egypt

Draughtsman

• Carl Philipp Fohr

Verso

Landschaft und verschiedene Figuren

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pencil drawing
• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• movement study

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• CS [ligiert] über symmetrisch gefächerten Lorbeerzweigen

Work Catalogues

• Märker 2015.522.Z.720

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 2,13

Primary

• 11F42 Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)
• 73B6 the massacre of the innocents and the flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23)