Sitting woman (Gretchen?), ca. 1811?

Title

Sitting woman (Gretchen?)

Draughtsman

• Peter von Cornelius

Recto

Scene in the cathedral

Part Number / Total

14 / 19

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for an engraving?

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• C & I HONIG

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• personal depiction
• historical narration
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Gretchen

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Illustrated Passage

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust

Primary

• 83(GOETHE, Faust) (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust

Secondary

• 46C121 carrying something