Badende Kinder,

1864

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

74,6 x 148,7 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 15

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11513

Acquisition

1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Anselm Feuerbach, Badende Kinder, 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ZMLJrvoLJv (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

Feuerbach admired Rubens’s depictions of children, which showed how even the smallest paintings could achieve a monumental effect. This picture draws on imagery relating to the cults of Dionysus and Bacchus in classical mythology. Feuerbach painted a number of similar pictures featuring putti or children, their carefree play in natural surroundings embodying a yearning for humanity to be at one with creation.