Mordechai's triumph, ca. 1708 – 1713

Title

Mordechai's triumph

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

Part Number / Total

82 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• design for a painting?
• wall decoration design

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

Watermark

• Zwei gekreuzte Pfeile [?]

Work Catalogues

• Knox 1995.269.D.27

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
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mordecai
• Haman

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Ester 6,2

Primary

• 71Q73 Mordecai's triumph: Mordecai, mounted on the king's horse, is led through the city by Haman (Esther and Ahasuerus may be looking on from the palace)

Secondary

• 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
• 31AA2351 sitting on the ground - AA - female human figure
• 42A3 mother and baby or young child
• 41A11 palace

Alternative Attribution

• Gaspare Diziani draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giuseppe Bernardino Bison ? draughtsman; by note on mount, alternatively

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman