Historical photograph from the Städel Museum collection, ca. 1880

Title

Historical photograph from the Städel Museum collection

Photographer

• Unknown, 19th century

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

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

Technique

• albumen print

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2019 as a gift from private property

Genre

• architecture
• interior

Main Motif

• Städel Museum (Frankfurt am Main)
• museum
• interior space
• depiction of the Virgin
• Mary
• Moses
• Venus
• man
• woman
• child
• group of people
• Frankfurt am Main

Persons Shown

• Städel Museum
• Moses
• Mary
• Venus

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jesus Christ
• God the Father

Associated Medium

• Michelangelo Buonarroti: Moses (Juliusgrabmal), Marmor, 1513-1515, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rom

Primary

• 61F(STÄDEL MUSEUM (Frankfurt am Main)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (STÄDEL MUSEUM (Frankfurt am Main))
• 48A821 permanent exhibition, museum
• 48C2 sculpture
• 11I62(MOSES) Moses (not in biblical context); possible attributes: rays of light or horns on his head, rod, Tables of the Law
• 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Secondary

• 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure
• 41D9 (showing oneself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 46A124 knight
• 44BB113 king - BB - female ruler
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)
• 61E(FRANKFURT AM MAIN) names of cities and villages (FRANKFURT AM MAIN)