Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel

Title

Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel

Draughtsman

• Philipp Winterwerb

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Gretchen

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Illustrated Passage

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust

Primary

• 83(GOETHE, Faust) (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust
• 47H313(+22) spinning-wheel (+ women (labourers))
• 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure