Wise maiden

Title

Wise maiden

Draughtsman

• Martin Schongauer workshop
• Martin Schongauer circle; alternatively

Inventor

• after Martin Schongauer

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Gothic

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• handmade paper
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Upper Rhine

Production Reason

• copy
• study after a drawing?
• study after a copperplate engraving?
• pattern sheet?

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

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 25,1-13

Primary

• 73C84141 representation of wise virgin(s)

Secondary

• 31AA231(+4) standing figure - AA - female human figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 41B34 oil-lamp
• 31A533(CURLS) styles of hairdress (CURLS)

Historic Attribution

• Martin Schongauer draughtsman