The Great Gallery in the Louvre, Constant Bourgeois
Constant Bourgeois
The Great Gallery in the Louvre
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Constant Bourgeois

The Great Gallery in the Louvre, 1791


Blatt
385 x 496 mm
Physical Description
Brown ink and brush over grey pen on ribbed laid paper, #?, with gilt frame
Inventory Number
1206
Object Number
1206 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Acquisition

In March 1815, the Frankfurt businessman and banker Johann Friedrich Städel bequeathed his entire fortune and art collection to a foundation which was to be named after him: the 'Städelsches Kunstinstitut'. However, he also dedicated the foundation to the citizens of Frankfurt immaterially, wishing it to be an "adornment and of practical use" to Frankfurt's citizenry. He was thus the first ordinary citizen in the German-speaking region to found a public art museum: the present-day Städel Museum. When he died, his collection comprised 476 paintings, some 4,600 drawings, almost 10,000 printed graphics and valuable books.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
The Great Gallery in the Louvre
Draughtsman
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Brown ink and brush over grey pen on ribbed laid paper, #?, with gilt frame
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder): C. Bourgeois 1791
Captions Added Later
Verso bezeichnet (mit der Feder): Grand Gallerie Du Louvre avec lescallier pour monter Dans les Camber
Verso Marke des Kunsthändlers Guillaume-Jean Constantin, Paris (Lugt 3000); Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)
Watermark
  • Nicht geprüft

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain

Work Content

Iconclass

Primary
  • 61F(LOUVRE (Paris)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (LOUVRE (Paris))
  • 41A2111 gallery (spacious corridor)
  • 47G3 making the overground structures (~ building activities)
  • 48C113 architect offering design or model to patron
  • 47G41 scaffold (~ building activities)
Secondary
  • 47G543 wood, timber ~ building material

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Last update

13.03.2024