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A Family at Table, Georg Melchior Kraus
Georg Melchior Kraus
A Family at Table
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Georg Melchior Kraus

A Family at Table, 1770 – 1774

Dimensions
45.4 x 54.9 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
1134
Acquisition
Acquired in 1882 as a gift from Carl Jonas Mylius
Status
On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 18

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About the Acquisition

The architect Karl Jonas Mylius (1839–1883) and his partner Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli ran a successful architectural firm in Frankfurt from 1870 to 1881. Among their most important commissions was the design for the Central Cemetery in Vienna; in Frankfurt itself they built the Hotel Frankfurter Hof in 1875/76. One year before his death, Mylius donated two works by the painter Georg Melchior Kraus to the Städel, along with permission for their sale, should the need arise.

Work Data

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Title
A Family at Table
Painter
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Material
Technique
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Signiert auf der Falltür links: G M Kraus.
Work Catalogues
  • Knorr G 16

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1882 as a gift from Carl Jonas Mylius

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre
Main Motif

Iconclass

Primary
  • 42 family, descendance
  • 41C4 (family) meal
  • 42B75 child(ren) with other members of the family
Secondary
  • 59A1 Sociality
  • 41A2 interior of the house
  • 41A7 furniture and household effects
  • 34B11 dog

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25.04.2024