Mary's death

Title

Mary's death

Draughtsman

• Girolamo da Carpi

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Ferrarese

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Gerome Carpi; unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): G. da Carpi
Verso unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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
• Twelve Apostles

Primary

• 73E74 the Dormition: Mary on her deathbed; the apostles are gathered around her (John the Evangelist may be shown sleeping or dreaming)