Dead Pierrot, before 1894
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions without frame81,3 × 120,5 × 3,5 cm
Dimensions with frame101 × 141,5 × 9,5 cm
Status
on display, room 020 About the workThe Pierrot is a character that originated in sixteenth-century Italian theater. He is sympathetic – at times naïve – character who is unfortunate in love and who never finds happiness. This unfinished painting of a dead Pierrot was discovered in the Munich studio of the history painter Bruno Piglhein after his death. The perpetrator remains unseen and the details of the crime remain unclear. It is precisely this ambiguity that lends the work its particular tension. Significantly, the Pierrot can symbolically represent the close connection between comedy and tragedy in human life.
AccessionAcquisition 2025
Provenance[...]; o.D. Privatsammlung Norddeutschland; 19./20.3.2025 angekauft von Neumeister, München, Auktion "Noble Sale: Ducal Treasures", Kat.-Nr. 326, eingeliefert aus vorgen. Privatsammlung
Inventory numberM 2025-6