Laura in der Kirche,

1865

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

163 x 200 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11522

Acquisition

1865 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Anselm Feuerbach, Laura in der Kirche, 1865, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/0vxoWJyx2V (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

This painting represents the momentous encounter between Petrarch (1304–1374) and Laura on Good Friday in 1327: Petrarch’s love for the married Laura prompted him to become a poet. His Canzoniere, a collection of sonnets, songs and other verses revolving around unrequited love as the source of poetic inspiration, can be said to mark the beginning of modern European love poetry. Feuerbach produced this idealised depiction of a subject taken from literary history to a commission from Schack.