Thronende Madonna mit dem Heiligen Nikolaus und einem heiligen Kardinal

Title

Thronende Madonna mit dem Heiligen Nikolaus und einem heiligen Kardinal

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Andrea Sirani ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• coal?
• chalk?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Bolognese

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): lc9a.; darunter (mit der Feder in Braun): No. 4. D.B. / No. 109. Gio Andrea Sirania da Bo[logna]
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

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Nicholas (saint)

Primary

• 11F62(+5) specific types of Madonna with others (+ donor(s), supplicant(s), whether or not with patron saint(s))
• 11F61 Madonna accompanied by saint(s)
• 11F42 Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)
• 11F7152(+31) Christ-child accepting, reaching out for something ~ Madonna-representations (+ angels floating in the air)
• 11H(NICHOLAS)0 the bishop Nicholas of Myra (or Bari); possible attributes: anchor, boat, three golden balls (on a book), three purses, three children in a tub, three maidens - male saint represented in a group

Alternative Attribution

• Giuseppe Nicola Nasini ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Guido Reni school; draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giovanni Andrea Sirani draughtsman; declined, by note on mount