Procession of Dionysus, ca. 1838

Series titleDresden, Palace: different design to the mural in the Ball and Concert Hall

ArtistEduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, Berlin 1811–1889 Düsseldorf

Tempera over pen, heightened with white, mounted on cardboard

Sheet dimensions38,4 × 47 cm

Status

not on display

About the workEduard Bendemann is an important representative of the Düsseldorf School of Painting. His success as a history painter led to a commission in 1838 to decorate the Royal Palace in Dresden with a series of murals. The “Procession of Dionysus” was created for the ball and concert hall. In the design here, a young man pouring wine can be seen next to the god. Both are standing on a chariot drawn by panthers and are surrounded by their entourage. In the finished mural, the artist placed Dionysus’ bride Ariadne beside him, reinterpreting the scene as a wedding procession.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenance[…]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Inventory numberKA (FP) 10972

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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