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Cinderella

1847

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

(German, 1806–1862)

printer

Wendelin Wick

(German, active 1842–1853)

Germany, 19th century

Etching on steel on wove paper

Plate: 72 x 54 cm (28 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.); Sheet: 80 x 63 cm (31 1/2 x 24 13/16 in.)

Gift of Stephen Dull 2018.302

State: First state of two

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The fairy tale <em>Cinderella </em>was a German folk tale that became popular in the 19th century in Germany, well before Walt Disney!

Description

The fairy tale Cinderella tells of a neglected servant girl who, aided by a fairy godmother, attends a ball and falls in love with a prince. The prince finds his true love by fitting a glass slipper on her foot. Eugen Neureuther made this elaborate etching depicting several scenes from the story during a revival of interest in folk tales in Germany in the early 19th century.

Inscriptions

Inscription

In plate: “Rheinischer Kunstverein der Verein in Darmstadt seinen Mitgliedern im Jahre 1847”

Inscription

below image; “E. Neureuther inv. et exc. 1847”

Inscription

below image right; “gedrukt bei Wick im München” below legend

Inscription

Inscribed in graphite, verso: “K3217 / RNPL/VQRT”

Provenance
Possibly Alexander Strähuber [1814-1882], Munich, Germany
Anton Strähuber [1877-1939], Munich, Germany
May 2018
Hartung & Hartung, Munich, Germany
2018
C.G. Boerner, New York, NY
December 3, 2018
the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Boetticher, Friedrich von. Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Dresden: Boetticher, 1891-1901 no. 44
Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischman, 1835 no. 21
Schuberth, Max. “Eugen Napoleon Neureuthers Leben und graphisches Werk: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der romantischen Bildkunst.” PhD diss., Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich, 1926 no. II.59
Philadelphia Museum of Art, John W. Ittmann, Cordula Grewe, Warren Breckman, Mitchell Benjamin Frank, Catriona MacLeod, and F. Carlo Schmid. The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770-1850. 2017. no. 200, p. 356-57, fig. 321
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.302