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

Citation

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, Aus Goethes "Hermann und Dorothea", 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/wq4jEeQGWo (Last updated on 27.10.2025)

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.