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Goethe's birth (design for a standard at Goethe's jubilee in 1849), Edward von Steinle

Edward von Steinle

Goethe's birth (design for a standard at Goethe's jubilee in 1849)

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Edward von Steinle

Goethe's birth (design for a standard at Goethe's jubilee in 1849), 1849

Blatt: 415 x 286 mm

Inventory Number: 248

Object Number: 248 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1850

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Goethe's birth (design for a standard at Goethe's jubilee in 1849)

Draughtsman

Edward von Steinle

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Austrian

Production Reason

vorbereitende Zeichnung

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet mittig unter der unteren Einfassungslinie (mit Bleistift): SE [ligiert] / Goethe's Geburt / Entwurf von Edward Steinle für eine Standarte / bei Goethe's Jubiläumsfeier 1849

Captions Added Later: Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Property and Acquisition

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Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

61B2(+1)historical persons (+ historical person or scene in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; or with allegorical or symbolic accessories)
25F33(EAGLE)(+5262)predatory birds: eagle (+ flying animal(s))
31D11211(+53)toddler (male) (+ sitting)
25I12(+1)prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
61E(FRANKFURT AM MAIN)names of cities and villages (FRANKFURT AM MAIN)
46A122armorial bearing, heraldry

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19.05.2026