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Max Klinger

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Painting of Venus in a shell chariot with nude figures, white horses and a putto over green-blue sea waves.

Venus im Muschelwagen

1884

Painting of a long red brick wall with several men in a sunlit grassy field, one aiming a rifle at a figure.

The Walker

1878

Large painting of robed and nude figures in a garden with a seated figure on a pedestal and a dark scene below, in a marble f

Christus im Olymp

1897

Painted panel of nude figures on a mosaic terrace with sea and mountains, set in gilded frame with carved heads below.

The Judgementof Paris

1885

Sepia etching of a lone woman in a long dress standing at the edge of a wide, windswept shore under a cloudy sky.

Abandoned, plate five from A Life

1884

Etching of a haloed robed figure standing in a dark cave among seated and kneeling women, with a distant landscape glimpsed a

Christ and the Women Sinners, plate thirteen from A Life

1884

Monochrome etching of a cypress-covered island between rocky cliffs, with a small boat carrying a white-robed figure across c

The Isle of the Dead

1890

Etching of fashionable figures in top hats and long dresses gathered on a terrace beneath a glass-walled arcade with a balust

Place, plate one from A Glove

1881

Line drawing of a horse pulling a shell-like chariot toward a rising sun with radiating rays and ornamental scrolls.

Triumph, plate five from A Glove

1881

Etched seascape of waves breaking over rounded stones, with a rock and slender forms at left under a cloudy sky.

Homage, plate six from A Glove

1881

Etching of a sleeper in bed beneath a huge looming hand on the wall, with a crescent moon and a reaching arm from the left.

Fears, plate seven from A Glove

1881

Etching of an empty interior with drapery, a pedestal table with a twisted stem, flower garlands at the sides, and a receding

Repose

1881

Etching of a pale winged figure flying from a window, arm stretched back, above a cluster of flowers on a dark ground.

Abduction, plate nine from A Glove

1881

Etching of a winged Cupid reclining beside a bow and arrow, with a rose branch hanging from the upper right.

Cupid, plate ten from A Glove

1881

Title page of Max Klinger's etching cycle Ein Handschuh, with a small etched vignette of a woman beside an animal.

Cover to A Glove

1881

Etching of a wounded centaur rearing on a grassy plain while nude riders with spears pursue it toward a distant town.

Pursued Centaur

1879

Pen drawing of a winged figure beside an eagle and a seated nude freed from broken chains, with distant mountains.

The Release of Prometheus

late 19th-early 20th century

Etching of a marble bust in a rose garland on a pedestal, framed by pilasters, with bathers by a pond and a distant temple.

Evocation (Titelblatt / Erweiterungsblatt) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 1a)

1880

Etching of robed classical figures in two architectural compartments with an ornate frieze of scrolls and masks above.

Pyramus und Thisbe I (verworfene Platte) (Rettung Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 2 [2a])

1880

Line engraving by Max Klinger showing Pyramus and Thisbe seated beside a brick pillar, with draped figures and ornamental bor

Pyramus und Thisbe I (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 2 [2b])

1879

Etching of two veiled figures and a dog in a hilly landscape with a distant white town under a pale sky.

Pyramus und Thisbe II (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 3)

1879

Etching of a wooded road with two draped figures, a seated figure by a stone monument, and hills in the distance.

Pyramus und Thisbe III (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 4)

1879

Etching of an interior with a seated woman pointing at a reclining figure on a couch, and figures peering through a doorway.

Pyramus und Thisbe IV (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 5)

1879

Etching of two seated nude figures by a river under trees, with distant standing figures, hills, and a decorative floral frie

Narcissus und Echo I (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 7)

1879

Etching of a seated figure beside reeds and spiky plants, with four long-legged birds wading in a lake below distant hills.

Intermezzo (Zweites Intermezzo) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 9)

1879

Etching by Max Klinger showing two figures in a landscape, one standing and one seated with a flowering staff, beneath a tree

Apollo und Daphne I (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 10)

1879

Etching of two nude women restraining a large white bull in a meadow, with decorative friezes above.

Apollo und Daphne II (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 11)

1879

Etching of a nude woman riding a galloping white bull across a meadow, with cattle and a nude figure by a pond.

Apollo und Daphne III (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 12)

1879

Etching of two standing figures on a shore, one spear-holding with a wreath, one bearded with a staff, and a seated figure in

Schluss (Satyre / Beschluss) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 13)

1879

Etching of a woman in a windswept dress standing at the sea's edge as waves roll toward a distant horizon.

Am Meer (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 2)

1881

Etching of a rearing centaur pursued by armed riders across an open grassy plain under a cloudy sky.

Verfolgter Centaur (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 3)

1881

Etching of soldiers on a sunlit forest path beneath dark, overhanging trees, by Max Klinger, 1881.

Simplicius unter den Soldaten (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 9)

1881