Helios on clouds

Title

Helios on clouds

Draughtsman

• Correggio school ?

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 17th century

School

• Renaissance
• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Upper Italian

Production Reason

• composition study
• study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift): No. 397 / Correggio f K.M
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• nude
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Helios

Primary

• 92B371 Apollo as sun-god, i.e. Sol (Helius), Titan
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds
• 31A235(+1) sitting figure (+ front view)

Alternative Attribution

• Cherubino Alberti draughtsman; by note on mount
• Johann Heinrich Schönfeld draughtsman; by note on mount
• Bartholomäus Spranger ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Florentine, 16th century draughtsman; by note on mount
• Bartholomäus Spranger draughtsman; declined, by note on mount