Prophets and Sibyls ?, ca. 1420 – 1440

Title

Prophets and Sibyls ?

Draughtsman

• Netherlandish, 15th century
• French, 15th century alternatively

Verso

Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl

Period Produced

• 15th century
• 14th century

School

• Late Gothic
• early Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• iron gall ink
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish
• French

Production Reason

• study after a drawing?
• pattern sheet
• copy

Captions Added Later

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

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

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Primary

• 11I2 sibyls
• 11I1 groups of prophets, usually holding books or scrolls (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
• 48C1431 fantastic architecture, unrealistic architectural fantasies
• 31B2 vision
• 25G3 trees

Historic Attribution

• German, 14th century draughtsman