Silent love, ca. 1845

Title

Silent love

Draughtsman

• Ludwig Richter

Verso

Silent love

Part Number / Total

9 / 12

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• watercolours
• gold powder
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• watercolour painting
• gold highlight

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a lithograph
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift, hellrot koloriert): Stumme Liebe.

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): 449; mittig: 1
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1848

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Johann Karl August Musäus

Illustrated Passage

• Johann Karl August Musäus: Volksmärchen der Deutschen, Stumme Liebe

Primary

• 83(MUSÄUS, Stumme Liebe) (MUSÄUS, Stumme Liebe) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
• 31D13(+53) adolescent, young woman, maiden (+ sitting)
• 47H312 spindle
• 41D443 (other forms of) needlework, e.g.: crocheting, knitting, embroidering
• 41AA1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings - AA - civic architecture: inside