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Moritz von Schwind

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Triptych design by Moritz von Schwind showing city scenes with a central courtyard fountain, a procession, and a street with

Entwurf zum Märchen vom "Aschenbrödel"

1852

Allegorie der vier Stände und Huldigung an Großherzog Leopold von Baden

Painting of a woman in a white dress at an open window overlooking mountains, in a room with a green canopy bed and wooden fu

Moritz von Schwind - Die Morgenstunde - Sammlung Schack - 11559

1860

Drawing of a moonlit woman in a white gown with long dark hair reaching toward a young man in a forest.

Die Mondfee (Erscheinung im Walde)

1829

Man in helmet and red doublet sits with a round loaf beside a river valley and church on a hill.

Der Brotschneider

1823

Painting of figures in period dress playing a party game on a lawn before an ornate manor house with a striped awning.

Gesellschaftsspiel

Painting of a crowned reclining woman on a river at sunset, with children and a boy holding an axe beside her.

Moritz von Schwind - Die Donau mit ihren Nebenflüssen - Sammlung Schack - 11574

1860

Painting of a rider on a galloping horse at dusk, pursued by a pale spectral figure, with women among twisted trees.

Der Erlkönig

1830

Painting of a seated woman in a red shawl beside columns and a lattice window, with a forest path behind her.

Moritz von Schwind - Die Waldkapelle - Sammlung Schack - 11569

1855

Multi-panel gilded frame with arched paintings of fairy tale scenes, including a royal hall and crowds before colonnaded arch

Das Märchen von Aschenbrödel

1854

Sepia print of tritons and nereids in the sea, with a muscular triton embracing a winged youth holding a staff.

Tritonen und Nereiden

1865

Painting of a rider on a white horse fleeing through a dark forest, pursued by a billowing white ghostly figure at night.

Moritz von Schwind - Der Erlkönig - Sammlung Schack - 11554

1860

Armored knight with leaf wreath plays lute beside reclining woman on water, with cliffs and castle behind.

Moritz von Schwind - Der Vater Rhein, die Fidel Volkers spielend - Sammlung Schack - 11581

1865

Painting of a ghostly white-gowned woman floating in a dark forest while an armored knight looks up at her.

Apparition in the Forest (from Sleeping Beauty)

1858

Painting of wreathed female figures dancing in a leafy grove, with draped fabric and a light sky behind the trees.

Fairy Dance in the Alder Grove

1844

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a curly-haired putto leaning forward inside a faint circular frame.

Putto between vines

Pencil sketch of a nude putto seen from behind, holding grapes and twisting within a circular scroll frame.

Putto between vines, in rear view

Pencil sketch of a nude putto within a circle, lifting a conch shell to its lips on grey paper.

Putto between vines, blowing a conch shell

Pencil sketch of a sleeping winged putto curled within a circular decorative frame on grey paper.

Putto between vines, sleeping

Ink and wash drawing of a sleeping woman on a bed, an elderly man and a kneeling figure, and a warrior standing at right.

Fairy tale scene

1830

Pencil sketch of a man in a fur cap smoking a pipe, seated in a attic room with dogs, cats, and hanging laundry.

Der Hundefreund (The Dog's Friend)

mid-19th century

Pen drawing of a horse-drawn cart with passengers and a dog on a hillside, with a floating couple in the sky above.

Poesie und Prosa

1847

Pen drawing of a horned devil offering an inkwell to a man signing a document while a winged figure kneels beside him.

Der Architekt Heinrich Hübsch verschreibt sich dem Teufel

1842

Brown ink frieze of Venus on a shell with Neptune, cupids, sea nymphs and sea horses around her.

Geburt der Aphrodite, darunter: Meerfahrt der Aphrodite

1842

Ink study sheet with seated women, a standing nude man, and a bearded head sketched in loose pen lines.

Studienblatt mit Kompositionsentwurf und Einzelskizzen zu "König Krokus und die Waldnymphe"

1848

Pen drawing of children and women playing on a lawn by a tree, with a manor house and clock tower behind.

Spielende Kinder in einem Schlossgarten

1827

Frieze-style drawing of a dead woman surrounded by mourners and a crowned seated ruler on a stepped dais.

Der Tod der Virginia

1842

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of a she-wolf nursing two infants beside a pond, with a bearded man with a staff at ri

Die Wölfin mit Romulus und Remus

1842

Frieze-style drawing in white chalk on grey paper showing draped classical figures, a handshake, and an ox in procession.

Die Vermählung des Äneas mit Lavinia

1842

Pen drawing of a town by a river with a Gothic church on a hill, rows of houses, and small boats with figures on the water.

Stadtansicht

1855

Pen and ink drawing of a towered castle on a rocky hill above a medieval town, with travelers on a path at left.

Burg über einer mittelalterlichen Stadt

1830

Brown ink drawing of a woman writing with a quill beside a sleeping boy, with trees and a church in the background.

Erzengel Michaels Feder

1867

Frieze-like drawing in white highlights on brown paper of men abducting struggling draped women in a dynamic group.

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen

1842

Pencil and blue wash drawing of a reclining woman, a lion, a winged putto and an oil lamp in an arched lunette.

Allegorie der Mathematik

1840

Die Familie des Künstlers, rechts ein Selbstbildnis

1851

Studienblatt: Sängerkrieg

1845

Pen and ink study of three intertwined nude figures arranged within a curved compartment, by Moritz von Schwind, 1848.

Kompositionsaufgabe: Drei Figuren in den angegebenen Raum zu bringen, zugleich mit seinen Schülern gelöst

1848

Pencil study of three figures, a reclining woman and a sleeping child, arranged within an irregular angular field.

Kompositionsaufgabe: Drei Gestalten in einem unregelmäßigen Feld

Pen sketch of a veiled woman in a headscarf with bowed head and folded arms, drawn on pale paper.

Die Landgräfin Sophie im Sängerkrieg

1854

Pencil sketch of a gondola with a man raising a dagger beside a woman, and two harlequin-like figures on a quay.

Pantalon entführt die Kolumbine

1849

Pencil sketch of two rowboats with figures, a man with a rifle beside a sea monster, and ruined buildings on the shore.

The Sea Monster

1851

Pen and ink sketch of a bent female figure with head studies and drapery sketches on a tan washed sheet.

Oberkörper einer sich vorbeugenden Frau, Wiederholung ihres Kopfes und Gewandstudien

Ink drawing of eleven ornamental panel designs with animals such as deer, hares, roosters and birds among scrolling foliage.

Entwürfe für Balustraden - Füllungen (Tiere in Rankenwerk)

Pencil sketch of a robed figure reaching upward beside a smaller seated figure gesturing at right.

Vorstudie zum Heinrich von Ofterdingen im Freskogemälde des Wartburgsaals

1855

Pen sketch sheet showing a triumphal chariot pulled by a draped female figure, with figure studies and clouds.

Studienblatt: Wagen in einem Triumphzug, gezogen von einer weiblichen Gestalt

Pencil study on grey paper of a drooping arm with a glove in the hand, for a portrait by Moritz von Schwind.

Herabhängender Arm, in der Hand ein Handschuh, zum Porträt des Freiherrn von Blittersdorff

1845

Pencil sketch of a reclining sleeping nude figure with curly hair and a draped cloth beneath, by Moritz von Schwind.

Schlafender Hermaphrodit ("Hermaphroditus Borghese")

Pencil sketch of a harpist under a tree surrounded by seated figures and children, with a church tower in the background.

Aus der Folge "Der Liedler": Der Liedler als Sänger. Zur 3. Strophe (Entwurf zur Ballade "Der Liedler" von Joseph Ken…

1822

Pencil sketch of a minstrel with a lute gazing over a forested valley toward a distant castle and mountains.

Aus der Folge "Der Liedler": Heimkehr des Liedlers. Zur 9. Strophe (Entwurf zur Ballade "Der Liedler" von Josef Kenner)

1822

Pen drawing of knights and mourning figures in a forest beside a gothic church wall, one woman kneeling in grief.

Aus der Folge "Ritterleben", Blatt 1: Beweinung eines Mädchens (Sterbende am Kirchenchor)

1821

Pen drawing of a winged angel on clouds cradling a dying knight beside a gothic arch and trees.

Aus der Folge "Ritterleben", Blatt 3: Der Todesengel (Engel und Sterbende)

1821

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rider startled by a glowing white female apparition in a forest under a crescent moon.

The Apparition in the Forest

1823

Colored drawing of a classical decorative wall design with mythological scenes, Zeus and Athena above and cattle and centaurs

Geburt der Athena - Jugend des Dionysos - Hermes, die Rinder des Apollo wegtreibend - Erziehung des Achill durch Chiron

1842

Pen drawing of a child wrestling two snakes between a draped woman reaching toward light and a startled bearded man.

Herakles, als Kind die Schlangen würgend

1842

Pencil drawing of a seated muscular man, Herakles, playing with children and putti beside a lion skin.

Herakles, mit seinen Kindern scherzend

1842

Pencil design drawing of a classical frieze with a temple pediment, relief panels, running mythological figures and hounds.

Kephalos und Prokris - Endymion - Narziss - Meleager und Atalante - Artemis, den Aktaion verfolgend

1842

Pencil sketch of Artemis riding a chariot pulled by two antlered deer, with a draped figure holding the reins.

Artemis auf ihrem Hirschgespann

1842

Pen and ink drawing of a boar hunt: nude and draped figures beside a wild boar and dogs in a frieze-like arrangement.

Meleager und Atalante

1842

Pencil design for an arched wall decoration showing figures in a boat among sea creatures and ornamental panels.

Erde - Dodona - Wasser - Kampf des Dionysos gegen die tyrrhenischen Seeräuber

1842

Pen drawing of Dionysus battling figures on ancient ships with dolphins and waves, frieze style, by Moritz von Schwind.

Kampf des Dionysos gegen die tyrrhenischen Seeräuber

1842

Pencil sketch of a mythological frieze with an enthroned bearded god, a standing armored goddess, and reclining figures.

Die Geburt der Athena

1842

Brown and white wash drawing of mythological sea figures, tritons, nymphs and putti around a reclining nude beneath trees.

Die Insel Andros

1842

White drawing on red ground of dancing satyrs and bacchantes around a central herm of Dionysus, with musicians and vines.

Tanz von Satyrn und Bacchantinnen um die Herme des Dionysos

1842

Pencil drawing of King Midas seated among satyrs, nymphs and a lyre player in a classical frieze composition.

König Midas

1842

Pencil drawing of Pan tormented by nymphs beneath a tree, with a piper at left and a nude figure at right.

Pan, von den Nymphen gepeinigt

1842

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded salon where a pianist performs for seated women and standing men in formal dress.

Ein Schubert-Abend bei Josef von Spaun

1868

Watercolor lunette of a kneeling woman in pink, three crowned youths around her, and putti in floral garland borders.

Three Boys Save the Despairing Pamina from Suicide

1864

Frieze-style drawing of classical male figures in brown wash, with a fallen wrestler at center beside a palm and statue.

Der Tod des Ringkämpfers Arrhichion

1842

Ink drawing on red ground of a nude hero mourning a body on a bier, with helmeted warriors and seated mourners around him.

Achill beweint den Leichnam des Antilochos

1842

Pen and pencil sketch sheet with five classical mythological figures, including a seated lyre player and a winged woman.

Skizzenblatt mit fünf Entwürfen für Rundbilder im Saal der "Philostratischen Gemälde"

1842

Pen drawing of a seated nude goddess in a shell boat, with tritons, nereids and putti in a sea procession.

Die Meerfahrt der Aphrodite

1842

Reclining crowned bearded man with a sceptre on draped cloth, drawn in brown wash against a rocky background.

König Numa

1842

Pen drawing of draped female figures, a reclining nymph and putti among vines, with faint grid lines across the sheet.

Meles und Kritheis

1842

Pencil drawing of Dionysos and Ariadne: a reclining nude woman, a standing god, satyrs, a winged putto and a panther in a fra

Dionysos und Ariadne

1842

Pen sketch sheet with studies of fantastical woodland creatures, gnarled roots, and figures in cloaks and tall hats.

Studies of Imaginary Woodland Creatures and Other Figures

mid-19th century

Pen drawing of a woman and bearded man in medieval dress meeting a crippled beggar by a fence, with a Gothic church behind.

Szenen aus dem Leben im Mittelalter - Bettler am Wegesrand (Nach dem Kirchenbesuch treffen Vater und Tochter einen be…

1822

Pen drawing of a knight in armor greeting a woman in a long dress beside a tree, with a dog and a man in a landscape.

Szenen aus dem Leben im Mittelalter - Ritter trifft Dame

1822

Pen drawing of a medieval jousting tournament: a mounted knight charges while a fallen knight lies below, with spectators in

Szenen aus dem Leben im Mittelalter - Turnier

1822

Pen drawing of a weeping woman in a long dress on a village path, with a sheep, fence, thatched house and trees.

Szenen aus dem Leben im Mittelalter - Weinende Frau auf dem Dorfweg

1822

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining figure at a banquet with attendants, plus smaller figure studies on the sheet.

Herakles beim Mahl

1842

Watercolor lunette of a seated woman with a compass and plan, beside a putto holding a lamp and a scroll.

Allegorie der Mathematik

1838

Pencil sketch of a rider carrying a woman behind him on a galloping horse, with flowing drapery and loose motion lines.

Todesritt der Lenore

1840

Pen and ink drawing of a harvest procession with dancing figures and an oxen cart above a coastal landscape with mountains.

Erntezug in Italien (darunter: Italienische Küstenlandschaft)

1866

Pencil drawing of a horizontal frieze of dancing women with flowing hair and drapery, by Moritz von Schwind, 1814.

Fries met dansende vrouwen

1814

Watercolor of a medieval court with a crowned couple on a throne and robed figures gathered on steps and arched galleries.

Der Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg

1837