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ID number: BIRBI-2001.5 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Neureuther, Eugen Napoleon (1806-1882) Title / Object name: The morning after the masked ball Object type: Print Culture: German Date made: 1840 Materials: Etching Measurements: Plate: 215 x 292 mm Provenance: Purchased from C.G. Boemer, Germany, May 2001 |
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The psychology of the artist’s mind is represented in this Romanticised portrait. This image shows the artist Emil Theodor Richter (1801-1877) at his easel. The artist sits slumped at his easel, while a disorderly crowd invented by his imagination fills the backdrop. The title suggests that Richter is preoccupied, or even tormented, by memories of merrymaking the night before. A plethora of objects strewn along the floor symbolise the disarray of Richter’s mental state. By depicting Richter in historical dress and inserting exaggerated dreamlike characters into the image, Neuereuther follows a strong contemporary German fashion for taking creative inspiration from poetry and fairy tales. Inscriptions / Translations: Inscriptions, sale stamps & c: signed lower right; E. Neureuther 1840. |
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