Initial A (?) mit Darstellung des Marientodes

Title

Initial A (?) mit Darstellung des Marientodes
aus: Carl Theodor Reiffensteins Klebeband "Initialen u. Ornamente", Blatt 43r

Draughtsman

• German, 15th century

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• tempera paint
• gouache
• gold leaf
• parchment

Technique

• brush drawing
• tempera?
• gouache painting?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• initial
• book illumination
• autonomous drawing

Captions Added Later

Unten links Stempel T einer nicht identifizierten Sammlung (nicht bei Lugt, ähnlich Lugt 2410)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary

Primary

• 49L171 historiated initial
• 73E74 the Dormition: Mary on her deathbed; the apostles are gathered around her (John the Evangelist may be shown sleeping or dreaming)