Theaterpublikum bei einer Aufführung des Hamlet, ca. 1781 – 1788

Title

Theaterpublikum bei einer Aufführung des Hamlet

Draughtsman

• Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Late Baroque
• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• graphite?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print?
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): composed and sketched by J. Heinr. Ramberg / painter to His Majesty at Hannover

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre
• caricature

Persons Shown

• Hamlet

Associated Persons and Institutions

• William Shakespeare

Illustrated Passage

• William Shakespeare: Hamlet

Primary

• 48AA721 theatre (building) - AA - open-air performances
• 48A712 the audience ~ art performance
• 41D242 party clothes, festive attire
• 48C852 group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage