Hekate, Nemesis und Harpokrates, 1827

Title

Hekate, Nemesis und Harpokrates

Draughtsman

• Eugen Eduard Schäffer

Inventor

• after Peter von Cornelius

Invented in

Munich

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• study after a ceiling painting
• tracing

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

• allegory
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Hecate
• Nemesis
• Harpocrates

Primary

• 92N27 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Hecate; Hecate as patroness
• 92B11221 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty
• 23R140 personification of the night, 'Nox'; 'Notte', 'Carro della notte', 'Serenità della notte' (Ripa)
• 5(+11) Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)