Aus Goethes "Hermann und Dorothea",

1864

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

67,4 x 80,6 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 9

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11478

Acquisition

1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, Aus Goethes "Hermann und Dorothea", 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/wq4jEeQGWo (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

Neureuther made a name for himself as an illustrator of writings by Goethe, work that met with the author's approval. The verse epic Hermann and Dorothea describes in German hexameters a crucial day in the life of Herrmann, a young man of burgher stock. Combining classical form with a subject rooted in middle-class ideals, the epic was one of Goethe's most widely read works in the nineteenth century. Neureuther's painting shows the encounter between Herrmann and his mother under a pear tree in the family vineyard.