Tulip blossom, ca. 1808

Title

Tulip blossom

Draughtsman

• Philipp Otto Runge

Verso

Tulip blossom seen from above

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• plant study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso signiert (mit der Feder in Grau): PO Runge

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): P O Runge
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Traeger 1975.434.416

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• plant depiction

Primary

• 25G41(TULIP) flowers: tulip
• 25G41(TULIP)(+2) flowers: tulip (+ parts of plants)