Verkündigung an die Hirten (?), ca. 1856 – 1857 ?

Title

Verkündigung an die Hirten (?)

Draughtsman

• Victor Müller

Recto

Ritter Hartmut von Kronberg nimmt von seinen Angehörigen Abschied

Production Place

• Paris?

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for a painting?
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Uten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Shepherds

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,8-20

Primary

• 73B14 annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air
• 31A236 lying figure
• 31B13 sleeping on the ground