Sheet 12: Jealousy, 1916

Title

Sheet 12: Jealousy

Draughtsman

• Georg Poppe

Part Number / Total

12 / 12

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• cardboard

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unterhalb der Darstellung (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Georg Poppe // aus unsinnigen Träumen / XII. / "Eifersucht".

Captions Added Later

Verso unten mittig Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Georg Poppe

Acquisition

Acquired in 1919

Genre

• animal depiction
• nude
• allegory

Primary

• 57AA76(+3) Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept)
• 33C234 (lovers) caressing each other
• 41A4231 canopy, baldachin
• 25F711(BUTTERFLY)(+1) insects: butterfly (+ animals used symbolically)
• 31A2531(+94) hand(s) bent towards the head (+ relations with sad character (expressive connotations))