Heute Roth, Morgen Tod (Today Red, Tomorrow Dead)

1839

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Associated Names
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Artist, German, 1806 - 1882

This image features an intricate drawing of a skeleton in a decorative landscape. The central part shows a detailed skeletal figure in a field, surrounded by lush vegetation. The border includes floral motifs, cherub-like figures, and allegorical characters. Figures intertwined with vines and flowers are on either side. At the top, symmetrical swirling patterns lead to an empty rectangular cartouche.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.2 × 27.8 cm (15 1/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.5 × 30.6 cm (16 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.414

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835-1852, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 25, 1997; 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. 6.

Wikidata ID

Q76556860

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