Maria mit dem Jesuskind auf Wolken zu den Heiligen Sebastian, Antonius Abbas, Paulus und Johannes dem Evangelisten herabschwebend

Title

Maria mit dem Jesuskind auf Wolken zu den Heiligen Sebastian, Antonius Abbas, Paulus und Johannes dem Evangelisten herabschwebend

Draughtsman

• Sebastiano Ricci ?

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• red chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for an altarpiece?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet in der Darstellung mittig um das Haupt des Heiligen Antonius Abbas (mit der Feder in Graubraun): qui S. Gio / e dall' altra [...] d S. Paolo [...]i [...]onna / S. Ant: / che [...]ara come a Vecchia

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

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Sebastian (saint)
• Saint Anthony Abbot
• John the Evangelist
• Paul (apostle)

Primary

• 11F42 Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)
• 11Q751(+2) (public) prayer (+ Mary)
• 31AA27631 sitting or standing on clouds - AA - female human figure
• 11H(BENEDICT)11(+0) Mary, St. Benedict and St. Augustine interceding with Christ for the plague sufferers (+ variant)

Alternative Attribution

• Gaspare Diziani draughtsman; by note on mount