Potsdam's city hall, May 1772

Title

Potsdam's city hall

Draughtsman

• Daniel Chodowiecki

Production Place

• Potsdam

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• architecture study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert und bezeichnet unten links (mit grauem Stift): Potsdam may 1772

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• [Fragment]

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 1849

Genre

• architecture

Primary

• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 44B233 townhall
• 25I153(+1) obelisk, needle (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• 25G3 trees
• 61E(POTSDAM) names of cities and villages (POTSDAM)