The besieged beauty, ca. 1855

Title

The besieged beauty

Draughtsman

• Victor Müller

Production Place

• Paris

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• composition study
• design for a painting?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift): Paris - V.M.

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

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Clemens Brentano

Illustrated Passage

• Clemens Brentano: Gedichte, Wie du sollst in Schönheit wallen, 1815

Primary

• 51D4 Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa)
• 33C32 pursuit of a woman, prowling

Secondary

• 41A54 fence, wall, paling
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'