Founding of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit: Study for the main fresco on the ceiling in the nave of the hospital church Heilig Geist in Munich, ca. 1727

Title

Founding of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit: Study for the main fresco on the ceiling in the nave of the hospital church Heilig Geist in Munich

Draughtsman

• Cosmas Damian Asam

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Chalk, pen, brush and pencil

Material

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

Technique

• chalk drawing
• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• primary coat
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): VIII

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): 3616/DA EE
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Lilienwappen [Fragment]

Work Catalogues

• Bushart/Rupprecht 1986.317.Z.31

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 1921

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal
• portrayal of a historical event

Persons Shown

• Otto II (Duke of Bavaria)
• Mary

Primary

• 11F4132(+13) Madonna on the crescent of the moon (sometimes called Queen of Heaven) (in mandorla) (+ Holy Ghost (as a dove))
• 11E1 Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames)

Secondary

• 48C14 architectural representations in general
• 49G2 patient, sick person
• 61K(BREZENREITER) (BREZENREITER) historical names (BREZENREITER)