Hafis am Brunnen
Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880)

Hafis am Brunnen,

1866
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
241 x 140,5 cm
Department
19. Jahrhundert
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
11511
Acquisition
1866 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Anselm Feuerbach, Hafis am Brunnen, 1866, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/5RGQ1waGz3 (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
The Persian poet Hafiz (c. 1319 – c. 1389) is famous for his ghazals celebrating wine, love and the beauty of nature. Feuerbach shows him as a pleasure-seaker, seated by a well next to roses. Enthusiasm for Hafiz was sparked in Germany by Goethe’s West-östlicher Divan and prompted Friedrich Rückert, August von Platen and other poets to translate his works or render them freely in their own words.

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