The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Little Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)
1836
(German, 1806–1862)
Platemark: 66.5 x 50 cm (26 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Sheet: 72.5 x 54.5 cm (28 9/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1993.133
Location: not on view
Description
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther depicted a key episode from a classic fairy tale. The title character in Little Briar Rose is awakened from an enchanted sleep by a prince’s kiss. Neureuther centered the composition on the meeting with the prince that leads to the story’s happy ending. His portrayal coincided with a revived interest in such folktales in Germany during the 1800s, culminating in the publication of the Brothers Grimm’s Children’s and Household Tales in 1812. Neureuther used that book’s versions of the two tales as source material, even including a story’s text in one print.- Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
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