Linker Flügel eines Altärchens: die Heiligen Joseph und Alois, 1835

Title

Linker Flügel eines Altärchens: die Heiligen Joseph und Alois

Draughtsman

• Karl Ballenberger

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• cardboard

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• finished drawing
• design for an altarpiece?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten mittig: 18 KB [ligiert] 35; bezeichnet in der Darstellung unten mittig mit den Namensbeischriften der Heiligen: St. Joseph // St. Alois

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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
• ornament

Persons Shown

• Joseph of Nazareth

Primary

• 11Q7141 altar
• 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools
• 11H(ALOYSIUS GONZAGA) the Jesuit friar Aloysius Gonzaga; possible attributes: crucifix, discipline, lily, skull