Siegfrieds Abschied von Kriemhilde, 1812

Title

Siegfrieds Abschied von Kriemhilde

Draughtsman

• Peter von Cornelius

Part Number / Total

4 / 7

Production Place

• Rome

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• finished drawing
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration

Watermark

• JWhatman 1802

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1872

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Siegfried
• Kriemhild
• Hagen of Tronje

Illustrated Passage

• Nibelungenlied

Primary

• 82A(SIEGFRIED) Siegfried
• 81(NIBELUNGENLIED) 'Nibelungenlied'
• 33C23 couple of lovers
• 33A2 taking leave