Peter the Apostle

Title

Peter the Apostle

Draughtsman

• Johann Georg Trautmann

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• graphite?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert mittig rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): TM [ligiert] fec.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Kölsch 1999.509.Z.9

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Peter (apostle)

Primary

• 11H(PETER)9 the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara - portrait of male saint
• 31A251611 hand holding the breast