Kniender Johannesknabe mit dem auf dem Kreuz schlafenden Christuskind, ca. 1640 – 1650

Title

Kniender Johannesknabe mit dem auf dem Kreuz schlafenden Christuskind

Draughtsman

• Nicolas Poussin circle

Recto

The death of Socrates

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque
• French classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet oben links (mit schwarzem Stift): N. Poussin
Unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Rosenberg/Prat 1994.II.886.R.433

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1919

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Christ Child
• John the Baptist as a boy

Primary

• 31A(+56) the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ lying)
• 73B832 the Christ-child and John the Baptist (as child)
• 11D238(+0) Christ-child sleeping on the cross (+ variant)
• 31A2331 kneeling on both knees

Alternative Attribution

• Unknown, 17th century draughtsman; by literature
• Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy draughtsman; by note on mount
• Antoine Bouzonnet Stella draughtsman; by literature
• Charles Errard the Younger ? draughtsman; by literature
• Jacques Blanchard ? draughtsman; by literature

Historic Attribution

• Nicolas Poussin draughtsman