Madonna mit dem Kind auf dem Schoß und drei Engelsköpfchen

Title

Madonna mit dem Kind auf dem Schoß und drei Engelsköpfchen

Draughtsman

• Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing
• decalcomania

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• copy

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nicht bezeichnet

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
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child

Primary

• 11F4213(+3) Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in front of her, lying in her lap (or in front of her bosom), sometimes in Pietà-posture (+ angel(s))
• 42A2521 swaddling the baby

Secondary

• 73B132(+0) care of the new-born Christ-child, e.g. swaddling (+ variant)
• 42A35 dressing baby
• 11G2 activities of angels (in heaven)