Siegfried catching the bear

Title

Siegfried catching the bear

Draughtsman

• Karl Sandhaas

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• composition study
• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Krone [beschnitten]

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
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Siegfried

Illustrated Passage

• Nibelungenlied

Primary

• 82A(SIEGFRIED) Siegfried
• 81(NIBELUNGENLIED) 'Nibelungenlied'
• 25F23(BEAR) beasts of prey, predatory animals: bear
• 33B3 fighting
• 25H15 forest, wood