Maria erscheint dem Heiligen Christophorus

Title

Maria erscheint dem Heiligen Christophorus

Draughtsman

• Gaspare Diziani

Verso

Allegorische Figur auf einem Wagen (Triumph der Flora?)

Part Number / Total

99 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study
• design for an altarpiece

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1907

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Christopher (saint)

Primary

• 11F5 Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) in the air, or on the clouds
• 11H(CHRISTOPHER)5 miraculous activities and events ~ St. Christopher

Secondary

• 31AA27631 sitting or standing on clouds - AA - female human figure

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman