Polish horses, 1794

Title

Polish horses

Draughtsman

• Johann Georg Pforr

Part Number / Total

5 / 12

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an etching

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts auf dem Stein (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Pforr 1794.

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): No. 5 Chevaux Polonais.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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 1848

Genre

• animal depiction

Primary

• 46C13141(POLISH) horse (POLISH)
• 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
• 31D14 adult man

Secondary

• 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat
• 45K13 fortress
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture

Associative

• 61D(POLAND) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (POLAND) (POLAND)