Allegory of awakening in the morning, 9 January 1855

ArtistTheodor Mintrop, Heidhausen 1814–1870 Düsseldorf

Brown pen on pencil, brown wash

Sheet dimensions55,7 x 36,7 cm

Status

not on display

About the workIs this the awakening from a dream or a nightmare? The crouched figure with bat wings at the feet of this young woman in bed presses an owl against itself and wears a wreath of poppy seed pods on its veiled head. It is the embodiment of night. Together with the goblins surrounding the bed, it must depart as the sun coming in from the upper left corner illuminates the room. Theodor Mintrop depicts the sun god Apollo striding through the open window with his entourage.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenance[…]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Inventory numberKA (FP) 14194

Romanticism
Düsseldorf School of Painting
Interior
Mythology
Nudes

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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