Saint Wenzel Cooking Hosts as Two Youths Press Wine

1866

Edward Jakob von Steinle

Associated Names
Edward Jakob von Steinle

Artist, German, 1810 - 1886

This is a drawing of a medieval kitchen scene with figures engaged in various culinary tasks. The image depicts a room with stone walls and a checkered floor, serving as the setting for a busy kitchen. Shelves hold jars and sacks, while barrels are stacked against the wall. On the left, a figure in flowing robes sits on a stool, using a pair of tongs to handle round objects on a cylindrical cooking stove. The central figure stands at a large wooden contraption, possibly a press, while another figure on the right kneels beside a set of barrels, attending to a container. The scene captures the activity and tools typical of a historical kitchen.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with blue and gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.2 x 52.9 cm (15 13/16 x 20 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.6.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Steinle 1910, no. 633, State b


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Jochen Granier, 30 March 1996, no. 2164). (Joseph Fach, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Steinle, A. M. von. Edward von Steinle: Des Meisters Gesamtwerk in Abbildungen. Munich, 1910.

2003

  • Fach, Joseph. Gemälde und Zeichnungen: Katalog 85. Frankfurt am Main, 2003: no. 46.

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: ES (in monogram) / 1866

Wikidata ID

Q64557176