Des Pfarrers Tochter von Taubenhein (The Parson's Daughter from Taubenhain)

1844

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Associated Names
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Artist, German, 1806 - 1882

This is a drawing of a series of interconnected scenes with various narratives within intricate floral borders. The main image includes different vignettes framed by vines and flowers. At the top, there is a landscape with a figure, building, and two other figures on a creature. In the central panels, there are romantic and mythical scenes. On the left, a reclining figure is shown, while the adjacent panel features an affectionate pair under an archway. On the right, another figure poses dramatically. A verse in German is inscribed below. At the bottom, a night scene with a twisted tree is depicted. Each scene is detailed and layered.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 39.69 × 27.78 cm (15 5/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 68.26 × 49.85 cm (26 7/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.103.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835-1852, no. 19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Susan Schulman Printseller, LLC, New York); purchased 2017 by NGA.

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. 19.

Inscriptions

in plate, in image: Es schleicht ein Flaemchen am Unkenteich / Das flimmert und flammert so traurig. / Da ist ein Plaetzchen, da waechst kein Gras; Das wird vom Thau und vom Regen nicht nasz / Da wehen die Lueftchen so schaurig. [A small flame flits along the frog pond / gloomily fading and flaring up again. / It marks a spot where no grass grows; one never wet from dew or rain / but swept by eerie gusts of air.]; in plate below image: Des Pfarrers Tochter von Taubenhein.; in plate lower right below image: E Neureuther 1844

Wikidata ID

Q77260249

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