Mucius Scaevola vor Porsenna, ca. 1750 – 1755

Title

Mucius Scaevola vor Porsenna

Draughtsman

• Gaspare Diziani

Part Number / Total

52 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• lead-tin alloy?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• lead-pencil drawing?
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study
• design for a painting?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

Watermark

• AC, dazwischen Stab mit Kugel

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
• portrayal of a historical event

Persons Shown

• Gaius Mucius Cordus Scaevola
• Porsena (king of Clusium)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Titus Livius

Illustrated Passage

• Livius: Ab urbe condita, 2, 12, 13

Primary

• 98B(SCAEVOLA, C.M.)61 Gaius Mucius Scaevola before Porsena: he thrusts his right hand into the flames (the body of the king's secretary who erroneously had been killed instead of Porsena may be seen lying on the ground)

Alternative Attribution

• Giovanni Battista Pittoni ? draughtsman; by note on mount

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman