Kreuzigung des Heiligen Andreas, ca. 1480 – 1490

Title

Kreuzigung des Heiligen Andreas

Draughtsman

• Martin Schongauer succession

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Gothic

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Upper Rhine

Production Reason

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

Watermark

• Krone mit Stab und fünfblättriger Blume [und Ochsenkopf?] [Fragment]

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
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Andrew (apostle)

Primary

• 73F2535 crucifixion of Andrew: he is undressed and tied to the cross

Secondary

• 41D21(TUNIC) clothes covering the entire body (TUNIC)
• 41D221(TURBAN) head-gear: turban

Historic Attribution

• Thoman Burgkmair draughtsman
• Augsburgian, 15th century draughtsman
• Martin Schongauer draughtsman