In front of the blacksmiths, 1880

Title

In front of the blacksmiths

Draughtsman

• Anton Burger

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• gouache
• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• design for an illustration

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): A Burger 80.; bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Mein Rösslein ich / Beschlage dich / Sei frisch und Fromm / Und wiederkomm!

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1906

Genre

• animal depiction
• genre

Primary

• 47B111(+1) smith, blacksmith (+ place ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)
• 25I241(+1) village street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• 25I5 landscape with tower or castle
• 46C13141 horse
• 49L12 Roman script; scripts based on the Roman alphabet
• 48A9851 ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament