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This is a photograph of a book cover for a set of etchings by Max Klinger titled "AMOR UND PSYCHE." The cover features a decorative border with classical motifs and lists the contents of "Mappe I" which includes fifteen full-page illustrations. The content list is in German detailing various scenes from Apuleius' story of Amor and Psyche. The cover is primarily a light brown with dark brown borders, and the typography is centered within the decorative frame. The publisher is noted as "Theo. Stroefer, Kunstverlag" from Nuremberg.
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This is a photograph of a book cover for a set of etchings by Max Klinger titled "AMOR UND PSYCHE." The cover features a decorative border with classical motifs and lists the contents of "Mappe I" which includes fifteen full-page illustrations. The content list is in German detailing various scenes from Apuleius' story of Amor and Psyche. The cover is primarily a light brown with dark brown borders, and the typography is centered within the decorative frame. The publisher is noted as "Theo. Stroefer, Kunstverlag" from Nuremberg.

National Gallery of Art · Portfolio

Amor und Psyche [Opus Va]

Max Klinger

Date
1880, this edition printed 1893/1907
Medium
portfolio with 15 sheets of etchings, some with aquatint and roulette on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 42.7 × 32 × 1 cm (16 13/16 × 12 5/8 × 3/8 in.) plate: 36.3 × 27.3 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.) sheet: 42.5 × 31.3 cm (16 3/4 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Accession number
2015.113.1.1-15
Credit line
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • aquatint
Provenance

(Susan Schulman Printseller, LLC, New York, NY); purchased 2015 by NGA.

NGA object ID 204097. 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.