Saint Roch, ca. 1504 – 1507

Title

Saint Roch

Draughtsman

• Albrecht Dürer workshop
• Hans Baldung Grien ?

Contractor, employer

• Frederick III (Elector of Saxony)
• John (Elector of Saxony) ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• Franconian
• Upper Rhine

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• presentation design
• autonomous drawing?

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Krone

Work Catalogues

• Strauss II.878.1505/21
• Panofsky 1948.II.61.482
• Winkler II.51.323

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• 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

Persons Shown

• Roch (saint)

Primary

• 11H(ROCH) the confessor and pilgrim Roch(us) (Rocco, Rock) of Montpellier; possible attributes: angel (with ointment box or spoon), dog (sometimes with loaf), (pointing at) plague-spot on thigh, pilgrim's shell, staff, hat and wallet
• 11H(ROCH)11 St. Roch as plague-patron

Secondary

• 31A4621 plague
• 31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
• 11Q624 pilgrim's dress and attributes, e.g. flask, hat, mantle, staff

Historic Attribution

• Albrecht Dürer draughtsman