Der Traum des Erwin von Steinbach,

um 1845

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Pappe

Dimensions of the object

36,4 x 25,3 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 5

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11558

Acquisition

1869 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Moritz von Schwind, Der Traum des Erwin von Steinbach, um 1845, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/gR4kZDgGEe (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

Erwin von Steinbach was the architect of the west façade of Strasbourg cathedral. Goethe's 1772 essay `Von deutscher Baukunst¿ (On German Architecture) established the cathedral in Strasbourg as the epitome of Gothic architecture in the German-speaking world and as a manifestation of his notion of genius. In Schwind¿s painting an angel leads Steinbach by the hand as he dreams of the work to come. Stained-glass windows are seen glowing in the background. For Schwind, the visual vocabulary of such windows represented an ideal to which German art should aspire.