Edward Jakob von Steinle
(1810-1886)
Die Loreley,
1864
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
213,5 x 135,4 cm
Displayed
Sammlung Schack Treppenhaus EG - 1. OG
Acquisition
1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack vom Künstler erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Edward Jakob von Steinle, Die Loreley, 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ApL8gV2xN2 (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
The legend of the Lorelei, the siren whose song lures travellers on the Rhine to their death, was made famous by Heinrich Heine, whose eponymous poem was set to music by Clara Schumann, Liszt and others. Steinle represents the Lorelei not as a seductive maiden, but, in Schack’s words, as ‘a figure from world of the Norse sagas – a woman of demonic beauty who exults in the downfall of her victims’.
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