Paradise with Peacock, 1892

Title

Paradise with Peacock

Lithographer

• Hans Thoma

Inventor

• after Hans Thoma

Draughtsman

• Hans Thoma

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Tachograph, coloured with gouache, watercolour and coloured chalk on green wove paper

Material

• gouache paint
• watercolours
• chalk
• vellum paper

Technique

• tachography
• gouache (technique)
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert, datiert und bezeichnet in der Darstellung unten rechts auf dem Baumstamm: HTh [HT ligiert] / 92 / N° 1

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Beringer 1916.13.2

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1939 with the Eiser-Küchler Hans Thoma Collection

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Adam
• Eve

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 2

Primary

• 71A321 Garden of Eden, paradise
• 71A35 Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)
• 25F35(PEACOCK) ornamental birds: peacock
• 25G3(APPLE-TREE) trees: apple-tree
• 25H212 brook