Homer singt den Griechen die Ilias, 1796

Title

Homer singt den Griechen die Ilias

Draughtsman

• Eugen Eduard Schäffer

Inventor

• after Asmus Jakob Carstens

Period Produced

• 19th century
• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• study after a drawing?
• study after a copperplate engraving?

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

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Main Motif

• group of people

Persons Shown

• Homer
• Achilles

Primary

• 48C913 author reading from his own work
• 98B(HOMER) (story of) Homer
• 46A7 crowd, mob
• 48CC75412 bard, lyric poet - CC - out of doors

Associative

• 61D(GREECE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (GREECE) (GREECE)