Portrait of a child, ca. 1816 – 1817

Title

Portrait of a child

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Overbeck ?
• Peter von Cornelius ? alternatively
• Carl Philipp Fohr ? alternatively
• Franz Horny ? alternatively

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Bleistift

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• portrait study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Overbeck

Watermark

• C S, gerahmt von zwei Lorbeerzweigen [Fragment]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• portrait

Main Motif

• child

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Carl Philipp Fohr

Primary

• 61B111(+522) anonymous historical person portrayed alone (+ three-quarter view portrait)
• 31D112 child
• 31A5334 lock of hair

Secondary

• 41D26611 pearl; pearl necklace
• 41D2231 piece of clothing covering the breast or décolleté