View of a Park with Two Young Ladies by a Statue of Hercules, after 1737

Title

View of a Park with Two Young Ladies by a Statue of Hercules

Draughtsman

• Cornelis Troost

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• gouache paint
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert innerhalb der Darstellung auf dem Sockel der Statue (mit dem Pinsel in Braun): C. Troost

Captions Added Later

Verso unten mittig bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): 440
Verso unten rechts: 964
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Pro Patria, mit Löwen auf einem Sockel, beschriftet VRYHEID, Kontermarke J H ZOON

Work Catalogues

• Niemeijer 1973.382.836.T

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape
• genre

Persons Shown

• Hercules

Primary

• 41A636 French or architectonic garden; formal garden
• 41A641 statues, sculptures in garden
• 61G(HERKULES FARNESE) names of artefacts and man-made objects (HERKULES FARNESE) (HERKULES FARNESE)
• 41D211 dress, gown
• 25HH133 beach - HH - ideal landscapes