The art of printing

Title

The art of printing

Draughtsman

• Alfred Rethel

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

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

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration?

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

Genre

• historical narration
• portrayal of a historical event

Persons Shown

• Johannes Gutenberg
• Johann Fust
• Peter Schöffer

Primary

• 49MM32 book - MM - book open
• 49M3 printed matter
• 49N reading
• 31A(+79) the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ more than eight persons)
• 54F13(+5) Progress, Improvement, Recovery (+ 'exemplum', representation of exemplary (historical) event)