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The Forest Maiden
1845
printer
(German, active 1842–1853)
(German, 1806–1862)
Plate: 72 x 53 cm (28 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.); Sheet: 81 x 62 cm (31 7/8 x 24 7/16 in.)
Gift of Stephen Dull 2018.303
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Folk tales that featured a young maiden falling in love with a prince were very popular in 19th-century Germany, well before Walt Disney!Description
The story of The Forest Maiden tells of female demon who inhabits the forest and appears as a beautiful woman to tempt and prey upon unwitting men. This prints shows several different scenes of seduction, placed through an elaborately woven forest canopy. Eugen Neureuther made this elaborate etching depicting the tale 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
- 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. Fleischman, 1835 no. 15Andresen, Andreas, continued by J. E. Wessely. Die Deutschen Maler-Radirer des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, nach ihren Leben und Werken. Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1877 no. 2Schuberth, Max. “Eugen Napoleon Neureuthers Leben und graphisches Werk: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der romantischen Bildkunst.” PhD diss., Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich, 1926, no. II.Boetticher, Friedrich von. Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Hofheim am Taunus: H. Schmidt & C. Günther, 1974. no. 26
- {{cite web|title=The Forest Maiden|url=false|author=Wendelin Wick, Eugen Napoleon Neureuther|year=1845|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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