View of the Wartburg, ca. 1790 – 1794

Title

View of the Wartburg

Draughtsman

• Georg Melchior Kraus

Production Place

• Helltal (Eisenach)

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• graphite?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• landscape study
• travel study

Watermark

• Bekröntes Lilienwappen, darunter der Schriftzug C & I Honig

Work Catalogues

• Knorr 2003.44.A.140

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape

Primary

• 25H12 dale, valley
• 41A12 castle
• 61E(EISENACH) names of cities and villages (EISENACH)
• 61F(WARTBURG) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (WARTBURG)