Hades und Proserpina, 1913 – 1915

Title

Hades und Proserpina

Draughtsman

• Alfred Kubin

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• chalk
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Austrian

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unterhalb der Darstellung rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Kubin

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (von fremder Hand): 27/53
Unten rechts Trockenstempel: Gauss

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Hades
• Proserpina

Primary

• 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History
• 92M2 (story of) Proserpina (Persephone, Core), Libera
• 93E Hades, the Underworld

Secondary

• 31A235 sitting figure