Aschenputtel (Cinderella)
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 72 × 54.2 cm (28 3/8 × 21 1/4 in.) sheet: 83.7 × 63.6 cm (33 1/16 × 25 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.413
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 19th-century German Romanticism with *Aschenputtel (Cella)*, a captivating etching by Eugen Napoleon Neureuther from 1847. Neureuther, a master illustrator of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, inspiration from the dark, folklore-rich version of Cinderella known as "Aschenputtel in German. This large-scale print (plate: 72 × 54.2 cm) transforms the beloved rags-to-riches tale into visually poetic narrative, blending whimsy with the era's fascination for the supernatural and moral fables. Crafted as an etching on wove paper—a smooth, durable support ideal for int...