Ratgebs Mariä Verkündigung im Karmeliterkloster in Frankfurt am Main, after 1850

Title

Ratgebs Mariä Verkündigung im Karmeliterkloster in Frankfurt am Main

Draughtsman

• Christian Becker

Inventor

• after Jörg Ratgeb

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• gouache
• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• watercolour painting
• white heightening
• gold highlight
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• copy of a wall painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert in der Darstellung unten rechts (mit Bleistift): C. Becker. fec.; bezeichnet in der Darstellung über das Blatt verteilt in Schrifttafeln (mit der Feder und dem Pinsel, teilweise mit dem Pinsel in Gold übergangen): [...]

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• Biblical portrayal
• coat of arms

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Gabriel (archangel)
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Elizabeth
• Shepherds

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 1,26-38
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 1,39-45
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,1-20
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 1, 20-21

Primary

• 73A523 the Annunciation: Mary kneeling
• 73A66 Mary taking leave of Elisabeth
• 73A235 meeting of Anna and Joachim at the Golden Gate; they usually embrace or kiss each other (immaculate conception of Mary)
• 73A31 birth of Mary
• 73B1 story of the birth of Christ (Luke 2:1-20)
• 11F the Virgin Mary
• 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools
• 11G184 the Archangel Gabriel
• 73B14 annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air