The Levite and his concubine, 1658

Title

The Levite and his concubine

Draughtsman

• Pièrre Recco

Inventor

• after Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Period Produced

• 18th century
• 17th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• gouache paint
• graphite?
• chalk?
• paper

Technique

• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a painting
• autonomous drawing?

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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
• Biblical portrayal

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Richter 19,14-20

Primary

• 71F51 a Levite goes to fetch his concubine from her father's house in Bethlehem-Judah (Judges 19:1-9)
• 71F511 the Levite who is going to fetch his concubine, is detained by his father-in-law
• 33A35 conversation, dialogue; conversation piece

Secondary

• 46C13142 ass, donkey