Boy Sleeping on a Grave
Boy Sleeping on a Grave (German: Knabe auf einem Grab schlafend[1] ) is a c. 1803 print designed by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, and printed on paper as a woodcut, the block cut by his brother Christian Friedrich, who was a carpenter and furniture maker.[2]
An example in the National Gallery of Canada measures just 7.7 cm × 11.4 cm (3.0 in × 4.5 in),[3] and an example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art measures 7.8 cm × 12.4 cm (3.1 in × 4.9 in).[4]
It is one of four woodcuts designed by Friedrich and cut by his brother around 1803.[2] The wood blocks for three of the prints - Boy sleeping on a grave, Woman with the Spider's Web and Woman with a Raven at an Abyss - are held by the Hamburger Kunsthalle.[2] It was suggested by the German art historian Helmut Börsch-Supan [de] that they were made as illustrations for a book - perhaps a volume of Friedrich's poetry.[2] The three prints were exhibited in Dresden in March 1804.[2] These three illustrations are based on drawings by Friedrich in a sketchbook that he used from September 1800 to March 1802, now known as the Mannheim Sketchbook. Although the pages are now separated, eleven are held by the Kunsthalle Mannheim, but a pen and ink drawing of a sleeping boy (German: Schlafender Knabe) dated to 1802 is held by the Kunsthalle Bremen.[2]
The fourth woodcut is a profile self-portrait of Friedrich, perhaps intended as a frontispiece for the same volume of poetry.[2]
- Sleeping Boy (Schlafender Knabe), c.1802, Kunsthalle Bremen[5]
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- Self-portrait of Caspar David Friedrich, c.1802, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden[8]
See also
References
- ^ Knabe auf einem Grab schlafend, Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
- ^ a b c d e f g The woman with the spider's web between bare trunks or Melancholy, British Museum
- ^ Boy sleeping on a grave, National Gallery of Canada
- ^ Knabe auf einem Grab schlafend (Boy sleeping on a grave), Metropolitan Museum of Art
- ^ Boy Sleeping, Kunsthalle Bremen
- ^ Seated Woman with a Spider's Web (Die Frau mit dem Spinnennnetz zwischen kahlen Baumen), Metropolitan Museum of Art
- ^ Woman with a Raven (Die Frau mit dem Raben am Abgrund), Metropolitan Museum of Art
- ^ Bildnis Friedrich, Caspar David (nach einem Selbstbildnis), Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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