Herodes-Gruppe im Wandfresko der Gefangennahme des Heiligen Johannes des Täufers im Chiostro dello Scalzo, Florenz

Title

Herodes-Gruppe im Wandfresko der Gefangennahme des Heiligen Johannes des Täufers im Chiostro dello Scalzo, Florenz

Draughtsman

• Andrea del Sarto ?

Recto

Junger Mann, der das Schwert zieht

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 17th century

School

• Italian Mannerism
• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• figure study
• study after a mural painting

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet mittig links (mit der Feder in Braun): andrea del sarto [angeschnitten]
Unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Herod Antipas (Tetrarch of Galilee)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 14,3
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 3,20

Primary

• 73C1322 Herodias tries to persuade Herod to kill John the Baptist, but Herod refuses

Alternative Attribution

• Giovanni Battista Vanni draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Andrea del Sarto inventor; by note on mount
• Ludovico Cardi da Cigoli ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Domenico Fiasella ? draughtsman; by note on mount