The three Fates

Title

The three Fates

Draughtsman

• Gustav Heinrich Naeke

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• finished drawing
• preliminary drawing for a mural painting?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Naeke del.

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

• allegory
• nude
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Parcae
• Clotho
• Lachesis
• Atropos

Primary

• 92G1 Fates, Parcae (Moirae)
• 92G11 Clotho, usually with distaff
• 92G12 Lachesis, usually with spindle
• 92G13 Atropos, usually with shears