Musizierende Kinder, von einer Nymphe belauscht
Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880)

Musizierende Kinder, von einer Nymphe belauscht,

1864
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
198,5 x 93,7 cm
Department
19. Jahrhundert
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
11520
Acquisition
1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Anselm Feuerbach, Musizierende Kinder, von einer Nymphe belauscht, 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/8MLvXJl4z3 (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
The exact subject of this picture, which mixes landscape painting, genre painting and history painting, has not been identified. To Schack, the landscape recalled that of the Alban Hills, a region on the edge of the Roman Campagna rich in mythological associations. He thought the picture could withstand comparison with Old Masters: ‘Even amid works by Murillo and Giorgione the painting would not lose all that much, whereas most modern pictures ought to fear nothing more than such life-endangering proximity.’

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