Initial M, Ornament mit Verkündigung an Maria (verso Textfragment)

Title

Initial M, Ornament mit Verkündigung an Maria (verso Textfragment)
aus: Carl Theodor Reiffensteins Klebeband "Initialen u. Ornamente", Blatt 24r

Draughtsman

• Rhenish, 13th century ?

Period Produced

• 13th century

School

• Gothic style

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• tempera paint?
• gouache?
• parchment

Technique

• brush drawing
• pen drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Rhenish

Production Reason

• book illumination
• autonomous drawing

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Gabriel (archangel)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 1,26-38

Primary

• 49L171 historiated initial
• 73A52 the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel (sometimes a woman overhears the conversation)