Aschenputtel (Cinderella)

1847

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Associated Names
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Artist, German, 1806 - 1882

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen

Publisher

Wendelin Wick

Printer, German, fl. 1842 - 1853

This is a drawing of an architectural scene featuring arches, foliage, figures, and intricate decorations in a Gothic style. Various figures are depicted in different postures, integrated within the structure, surrounded by vegetation. The composition includes different levels and compartments with additional figures engaged in activities. The ornamentation includes vines and scrollwork. The text at the bottom reads "Rheinischer Kunstverein."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 72 × 54.2 cm (28 3/8 × 21 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 83.7 × 63.6 cm (33 1/16 × 25 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.413

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835-1852, no. 21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 19, 1998; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 21.

Inscriptions

below image, at left: E. Neureuther inv. et exc. 1847; below image, at center: Rheinischer Kunstverein. / der Verein in Darmstadt seinen Mitgliedern im Jahre 1847. / gedruckt bei Wick im München; titled in image, at top center: Aschenputtel

Wikidata ID

Q76556858

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