Der Gärtner
The Gardener
Foto: Kunstpalast - LVR-ZMB - Annette Hiller

The Gardener, 1851

Series titleDüsseldorfer Lieder-Album (Song Album): 6 Songs with Pianoforte Accompaniment
ArtistWilhelm Camphausen, Düsseldorf 1818–1885 Düsseldorf
AuthorEduard Mörike, Ludwigsburg 1804–1875 Stuttgart
Komponist*inRobert Schumann, Zwickau 1810–1856 Bonn
Publishing houseArnz & Co., 1816–1859
Chromolithograph
Sheet dimensions36,5 × 49 cm
Status
on display, room 009.1
About the work

The publishing house was able to boast a first publication by the famous composer Robert Schumann when he set Eduard Mörike's poem "Der Gärtner" (The Gardener) to music. This scene in the "Düsseldorfer Lieder-Album" (Düsseldorf Song Album) was created by German artist Wilhelm Camphausen, who graduated from the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1850. It is reminiscent of the Middle Ages: From his hiding place, the enamored gardener adores the princess riding through the park on a white horse. Camphausen later worked as a battle painter and depicted moments, for example, of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71.
AccessionAcquisition 1919
ProvenanceBürmann Collection
Inventory number80505183d
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