Personifikation des Glaubens (Fides) mit drei Engeln, ca. 1735 – 1740

Title

Personifikation des Glaubens (Fides) mit drei Engeln

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Antonio Guardi

Recto

Apotheosis of a saint

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• figure study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet oben links (mit der Feder in Braun): Ant.° Guardi; (mit Bleistift): C° = ux cell / vgl. damit

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• AM

Work Catalogues

• Morassi 1975.88.50

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 1908

Genre

• allegory

Persons Shown

• Fides

Primary

• 11M31(+3) Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues (+ angel(s))