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This is a drawing of an architectural scene featuring arches, foliage, figures, and intricate decorations in a Gothic style. Various figures are depicted in different postures, integrated within the structure, surrounded by vegetation. The composition includes different levels and compartments with additional figures engaged in activities. The ornamentation includes vines and scrollwork. The text at the bottom reads "Rheinischer Kunstverein."
National Gallery of Art · Print
Aschenputtel (Cinderella)
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther
- Date
- 1847
- Medium
- etching on wove paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 72 × 54.2 cm (28 3/8 × 21 1/4 in.) sheet: 83.7 × 63.6 cm (33 1/16 × 25 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2012.92.413
- Credit line
- Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- bird
- animal
- Woman
- Castle
- Nature
- Figures
Provenance
(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 19, 1998; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Inscription
below image, at left: E. Neureuther inv. et exc. 1847; below image, at center: Rheinischer Kunstverein. / der Verein in Darmstadt seinen Mitgliedern im Jahre 1847. / gedruckt bei Wick im München; titled in image, at top center: Aschenputtel
NGA object ID 153808. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.