The netherworld, ca. 1600

Title

The netherworld

Draughtsman

• Netherlandish, 17th century

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• gouache paint
• parchment

Technique

• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Hades
• Prometheus
• Sisyphos

Primary

• 12B18 afterlife, the hereafter, the underworld ~ non-Christian religions
• 31A45 monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa)
• 44G33 torture
• 25H119 cave, grotto

Alternative Attribution

• Pieter Bruegel the Younger school; draughtsman; by note on mount