Portrait of Peter Cornelius, 1818

Title

Portrait of Peter Cornelius

Draughtsman

• Theodor Rehbenitz

Production Place

• Rome

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Bleistift

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• gouache
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• portrait study
• finished drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert oben rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz über Bleistift): P. Cornelius. / 1818 / Rom

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel der Sammlung Heinrich Kaspar Lempertz, Köln (Lugt 1337); Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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

Genre

• portrait

Persons Shown

• Peter von Cornelius

Primary

• 61B historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)

Secondary

• 31A2421 head turned to the left