Sueno's death, 1818

Title

Sueno's death

Draughtsman

• Conrad Martin Metz

Bundle

Deutsche Kunst in Rom im Jahr 1818, in Rom erworben und gesammelt von Baron Philipp Esaias von Schneider aus Frankfurt am Main

Production Place

• Rome

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white?
• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): C. M. Metz / Roma 1818

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Torquato Tasso

Illustrated Passage

• Torquato Tasso: La Gerusalemme liberata, 8, 6-40

Primary

• 82A(SUENO) male literary characters (SUENO)
• 31E234631 violent death by sword

Secondary

• 45C22 armour
• 41B32(+1) torch (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
• 45C41 (military) camp with tents
• 42E351 effigy, 'gisant' (portrait-figure on closed coffin or in 'castrum doloris'), transi