Groteske mit Seeroß und Putto, ca. 1550

Title

Groteske mit Seeroß und Putto

Draughtsman

• Peter Flötner workshop
• Peter Flötner circle; alternatively

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• design for an ornament
• handicraft design?
• design for a print?

Captions Added Later

Verso oben links Stempel der Sammlung F. A. C. Prestel, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2730); oben mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2357)

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1906

Genre

• animal depiction
• personal depiction
• plant depiction
• ornament

Primary

• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• 25FF62(+15) sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', (horse/fish) (mythological hybrid monster) (+ ornamental variants of animals)
• 41A646 garden vase
• 92B11221 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

Historic Attribution

• German, 16th century draughtsman