The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Cinderella
1847
(German, 1806–1862)
printer
(German, active 1842–1853)
Plate: 72 x 54 cm (28 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.); Sheet: 80 x 63 cm (31 1/2 x 24 13/16 in.)
Gift of Stephen Dull 2018.302
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The fairy tale Cinderella was a German folk tale that became popular in the 19th century in Germany, well before Walt Disney!Description
The fairy tale Cinderella tells of a neglected servant girl who, aided by a fairy godmother, attends a ball and falls in love with a prince. The prince finds his true love by fitting a glass slipper on her foot. Eugen Neureuther made this elaborate etching depicting several scenes from the story during a revival of interest in folk tales in Germany in the early 19th century.- Possibly Alexander Strähuber [1814-1882], Munich, GermanyAnton Strähuber [1877-1939], Munich, GermanyMay 2018Hartung & Hartung, Munich, Germany2018C.G. Boerner, New York, NYDecember 3, 2018the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Boetticher, Friedrich von. Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Dresden: Boetticher, 1891-1901 no. 44Nagler, 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. Fleischman, 1835 no. 21Schuberth, Max. “Eugen Napoleon Neureuthers Leben und graphisches Werk: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der romantischen Bildkunst.” PhD diss., Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich, 1926 no. II.59Philadelphia Museum of Art, John W. Ittmann, Cordula Grewe, Warren Breckman, Mitchell Benjamin Frank, Catriona MacLeod, and F. Carlo Schmid. The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770-1850. 2017. no. 200, p. 356-57, fig. 321Peters, Emily and Salsbury, Britany. “Acquisitions 2018: Prints and Drawings.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 20-23. Reproduced: P. 23; Mentioned: P. 22, 23.
- {{cite web|title=Cinderella|url=false|author=Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, Wendelin Wick|year=1847|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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