Horses from Tunis, 1792

Title

Horses from Tunis

Draughtsman

• Johann Georg Pforr

Part Number / Total

11 / 12

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an etching

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (in Grau): J: G: Pforr. 1792.

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): No. 11 Chevaux barbes de Tunis.

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1848

Genre

• animal depiction

Primary

• 46C13141 horse
• 46C13187 leading a horse by the reins; rider beside his horse
• 31A231 standing figure
• 31D14 adult man

Secondary

• 41D221(TURBAN) head-gear: turban
• 46C131617 horse-blanket

Associative

• 61E(TUNIS) names of cities and villages (TUNIS)
• 61D(TUNESIEN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (TUNESIEN) (TUNESIEN)