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Title

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Draughtsman

• German, 15th century

Verso

Initial A

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• tempera paint?
• gouache?
• parchment

Technique

• brush drawing
• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• book illumination
• initial
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet über das Blatt verteilt: [Fragment]

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

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

• ornament

Primary

• 49L17 initial
• 44B113 king
• 25FF3(+15) fabulous animals ~ birds (+ ornamental variants of animals)