Roman capital

Title

Roman capital

Draughtsman

• Karl Ballenberger

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• architecture study
• study after a sculptural work

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, 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

• architecture

Primary

• 48C1612 capital (~ column, pillar)
• 48A984 ornament derived from animal forms