Hagen and the Danube Mermaids

Title

Hagen and the Danube Mermaids

Draughtsman

• Ferdinand Fellner

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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

• Hagen of Tronje
• Siegelind
• Hadburg

Illustrated Passage

• Nibelungenlied, 25. Abenteuer: Wie die Könige zu den Heunen fuhren

Primary

• 81(NIBELUNGENLIED) 'Nibelungenlied'
• 82A(HAGEN VON TRONJE) male literary characters (HAGEN VON TRONJE)
• 21D1 spirit of water, nix, undine
• 25H213(+1) river (+ landscape with figures, staffage)