Merkur zeigt den Künsten den Weg zu einem auf einer steilen Anhöhe stehenden Heiligtum

Title

Merkur zeigt den Künsten den Weg zu einem auf einer steilen Anhöhe stehenden Heiligtum

Draughtsman

• Arnold Houbraken

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• gouache
• lead white
• paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

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

• allegory
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Mercury

Primary

• 92B524(+0) (marriage of) Mercury and Philologia, mother of the liberal arts (+ variant)
• 49C1 the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'
• 31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
• 25I8 landscape with other man-made constructions not mentioned above, e.g.: graveyards, playgrounds, etc.
• 12F61 temple, shrine ~ Roman religion
• 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture