Landscape with Castle in the Snow (Winter), 1788

Title

Landscape with Castle in the Snow (Winter)

Draughtsman

• Jacob Cats

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Brush and watercolour and brown gum (arabic?), over black chalk or charcoal

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• chalk?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso signiert und bezeichnet mittig links (mit der Feder in Rotbraun): J : Cats inv et fec / 1788

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): N. 10
Verso unten 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

• city view
• landscape

Primary

• 25I6 landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct
• 25I1461 city-gate
• 26D1 snow
• 43C244 skates (winter sports)
• 46C1811 horse-sleigh
• 23F41 winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year)