Skizzenbuch

Buchblock mit Einband: 142 x 87 x 13 mm
Buchblock ohne Einband: 132 x 80 x 9 mm

Physical Description: Pencil and black pen on wove paper, in cloth book covers, covered with violet cloth (calico) with decorative embossing, with elastic band and pen loop, endpapers made of smoothed green-yellow sugar paper, with folded pouch at the back, book edges fully coloured with marbled design

Inventory Number: 15008

Object Number: 15008 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1923 as a gift from Henriette Maximiliane Gräfin Schimmelpenninck

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Texts

About the Work

Jakob Becker only drew on a very few pages in this undated sketchbook, mostly with pencil, occasionally with black pen. In addition to a house, a tree and two figure studies ‒ a small girl pulling up her overskirt, whose depiction inspired Becker to make several posture and pleat studies ‒ found its way into this sketchbook.

For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Skizzenbuch

Draughtsman

Jakob Becker

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pencil and black pen on wove paper, in cloth book covers, covered with violet cloth (calico) with decorative embossing, with elastic band and pen loop, endpapers made of smoothed green-yellow sugar paper, with folded pouch at the back, book edges fully coloured with marbled design

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

Sketchbook

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Vereinzelt Notiz des Künstlers im Buch

Captions Added Later: Auf Bl. 79v unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer