Heidelberg: The Ottheinrich Building of the Castle, 1854

Title

Heidelberg: The Ottheinrich Building of the Castle

Photographer

• Bisson Frères

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography
• architectural photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten rechts auf dem Trägerkarton: Signaturstempel: Bisson frères

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• architecture

Main Motif

• building
• man
• woman
• child
• Hercules
• Victoria
• Otto-Henry (Elector Palatine)
• Schloss Heidelberg
• Ottheinrichsbau, Castle Heidelberg (Heidelberg)
• Heidelberg

Persons Shown

• Hercules
• Victoria
• Otto-Henry (Elector Palatine)

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 48C2 sculpture
• 61E(HEIDELBERG) names of cities and villages (HEIDELBERG)
• 94L (story of) Hercules (Heracles)
• 96A5(VICTORIA) Victoria as Roman personification

Secondary

• 48C16 architectural detail
• 48C168(ARCHITRAVE) other architectural details: architrave
• 48C1611 half-column, pilaster ~ architecture
• 25G4(IVY) plants and herbs: ivy