Evening Carol, 1871

ArtistLudwig Richter, Dresden 1803–1884 Dresden

Pen, watercolour

Sheet dimensions17,7 × 27,8 cm

Status

not on display

About the workThe shepherd is playing the shawm, a kind of wooden flute whose sound is supposed to create harmony between soul and cosmos. Ludwig Richter chose an idyllic scene as the motif for this watercolour pen and ink drawing. The artist, who was also a popular fairy-tale illustrator, gave up oil painting in 1859 and concentrated on his graphic work from then on. He occasionally made reproductions of his own drawings. There are three known copies of the “Abendlied” (Evening Song).

AccessionAcquisition 1914

Provenance[...]; 21.3.1914 angekauft von C.G. Boerner, Auktions-Institut, Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Leipzig, "Auktion CXXV. Sammlung Arnold Otto Meyer, Hamburg. III"

Inventory numberK 1914-16

Romanticism
Biedermeier
Industrialization
Genre
Animal art
Mythology

Contact

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