Die gefangene Prinzessin
Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871)

Die gefangene Prinzessin,

um 1860/63
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
106,3 x 60,5 cm
Department
19. Jahrhundert
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
11582
Acquisition
1863 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Moritz von Schwind, Die gefangene Prinzessin, um 1860/63, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/8eGVnMYGWQ (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
Schwind's Romantic vision shows a knight dreaming at dusk of a princess in chains who is guarded by an armed giant. It is his duty as a knight to free the young woman. No literary source exists for this subject, which Schwind had first depicted in 1822 in a drawing.

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