Hauptbild eines Altärchens: Die Heilige Elisabeth, wie sie Brot unter die Armen verteilt, 1835

Title

Hauptbild eines Altärchens: Die Heilige Elisabeth, wie sie Brot unter die Armen verteilt

Draughtsman

• Karl Ballenberger

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• cardboard

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• finished drawing
• design for an altarpiece?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten rechts: 18 KB [ligiert] 35

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint
• landscape

Persons Shown

• Elisabeth (landgravine of Thuringia)

Primary

• 11HH(ELISABETH OF HUNGARY)51 the miracle of the roses: St. Elisabeth's husband meets her in the street carrying bread in her apron to take to the poor; when he opens the apron he finds it full of roses