Tannhäuser in the confessional

Title

Tannhäuser in the confessional

Draughtsman

• Victor Müller

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• coal?
• chalk?
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Tannhäuser
• Pope Urban IV
• Venus
• Cupid

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Heinrich Heine

Illustrated Passage

• Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, Oper, 1843-1861

Primary

• 83 specific works of literature
• 11Q7323 confession; 'Confessione Sacramentale' (Ripa) ~ the third of the seven sacraments
• 31A233 kneeling figure
• 31B181 fainting, swooning
• 31AA14 human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'