The Good Samaritan

Title

The Good Samaritan

Draughtsman

• Wilhelm Steinhausen

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• coal?
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• animal study
• composition study
• landscape study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert unten links (mit schwarzem Stift): Wst. [ligiert]

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Samaritan

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 10,25-37

Primary

• 73C86131 the Samaritan sets the wounded traveller on his mount (ass or horse), and brings him to an inn
• 25H114(+1) low hill country (+ landscape with figures, staffage)