Turkish horses, 1796

Title

Turkish horses

Draughtsman

• Johann Georg Pforr

Part Number / Total

9 / 12

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• Indian ink?
• ink?
• graphite?
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an etching

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (in Grau): J: G: Pforr. / 1796

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): No. 9 Chevaux Turcs

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1848

Genre

• animal depiction

Primary

• 46C13141(TURKISH) horse (TURKISH)
• 31A231 standing figure
• 31D14 adult man
• 46C13187 leading a horse by the reins; rider beside his horse
• 25H1123 rock-formations

Secondary

• 41D221(TURBAN) head-gear: turban

Associative

• 61D(TÜRKEI) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (TÜRKEI) (TÜRKEI)