Medea
Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880)

Medea,

1870
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
198 x 395,5 cm
Department
19. Jahrhundert
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
9826
Acquisition
1879 durch König Ludwig II. auf der internationalen Kunstaustellung im Münchner Glaspalast vom Künstler erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München
Citation
Anselm Feuerbach, Medea, 1870, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ApL8qDJGN2 (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
The heroine of Euripides's play »Medea« is abandoned by her husband Jason and in revenge kills the children they have had. In his history painting Feuerbach homes in not on the dreadful deed itself, but on a moment of tranquillity. The effect is all the more searing in its monumentality.

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