Skizzenbuch, Ludwig Metz
Ludwig Metz
Skizzenbuch
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Ludwig Metz

Skizzenbuch, ca. 1837


Buchblock mit Einband
174 x 219 x 7 mm
Buchblock ohne Einband
167 x 219 x 7 mm
Physical Description
Pencil, occasionally highlighted with white, on wove paper, in paperback, covered with marbled paper, with green ribbons
Inventory Number
SG 2750
Object Number
SG 2750 Z
Acquisition
Acquired in 1942
Status
Not on display

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About the Work

The sketchbook, dated 1837, contains precisely executed sketches made with a soft pencil: studies of trees, depictions of farm animals and architectural motifs, especially of half-timbered houses. Of interest in this context is the comparison with a sketchbook by the older brother Friedrich Metz (Inv. SG 2752), also dated 1837 and found in the Städel Museum. Many of the architectural and ornamental studies in this sketchbook, drawn with similar concentration and meticulousness, are based on the same models; they are only set differently on the page or show different details. See e.g. the half-timbered façade, here page 3 recto, there page 1 recto, or the consoles, which were recorded here on page 4 recto as individual details, there on pages 2 and 3 recto integrated into a depiction of the whole façade. The drawings were probably made according to printed models: according to the notations in Friedrich Metz’s sketchbook, the studies of half-timbered houses could at least partly be copies after textbooks by the architect and art historian Karl Bötticher (1806‒1889), whose “Holzarchitektur des Mittelalters” (Wooden Architecture of the Middle Ages) was published in instalments and illustrated with lithographs since 1835. The depiction of the bear biter (sheet 27 recto), in turn, follows a copper engraving by Johann Elias Ridinger.

For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Skizzenbuch
Draughtsman
Period Produced
Object Type
Physical Description
Pencil, occasionally highlighted with white, on wove paper, in paperback, covered with marbled paper, with green ribbons
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Verschiedene Notizen und Bezeichnungen des Künstlers im Buch
Captions Added Later
Auf dem vorderen Spiegel Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer
Watermark
  • Bl. 1: H Bl. 2: H Bl. 5: S

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1942

Research and Discussion

Research

Description / Content
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Last update

11.09.2023