The limeburners, ca. 1790 – 1794

Title

The limeburners

Draughtsman

• Georg Melchior Kraus

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• gouache paint
• chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit dem Pinsel in Schwarz): G M Kraus

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Knorr 2003.48.A.169

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre
• landscape

Primary

• 47B142 lime-burner
• 47B232 lime works