View of an Italian city, 1729

Title

View of an Italian city

Draughtsman

• Theodoor Wilkens

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pen and brush and sepia brown ink

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): T:W:1729

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• city view
• landscape

Primary

• 25I1(+1) city-view in general; 'veduta' (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• 25I1461(+1) city-gate (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• 46C11 road, path
• 25H112(+1) rocks (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
• 25G3 trees
• 41A3911 well
• 46A13 commoners