Two dragons, ca. 1470 – 1480

Title

Two dragons

Draughtsman

• Middle Rhine, 15th century ?

Period Produced

• 15th century
• 16th century

School

• Late Gothic

Object Type

• drawing

Material

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

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Middle Rhine

Production Reason

• pattern sheet

Captions Added Later

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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

• animal depiction

Primary

• 31A453(+3) monsters ~ birds (+ legs, wings, etc.)
• 31A4523(+31) monsters ~ predatory animals (sphinx, 'manticora') (+ paws, claws, toes)

Secondary

• 31B6233 mouth wide open

Historic Attribution

• Master of Saint Sebastian draughtsman
• Upper German, 16th century draughtsman