Die Schifferin (Baronin Marie Spaun am Gmundner See)
um 1851
Medium
Öl auf Karton
Dimensions
26,5 x 17 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
2456
Art Historical Context
### Die Schifferin (Baronin Marie Spaun am Gmunden See) Moritz von Schwind's *Die Schifferin*, created around 1851, captures Baroness Marie Spaun in a playful, picturesque role as a ferrywoman on the serene Gmunden Lake in Austria. This intimate oil sketch on cardboard (26.5 x 17 cm) showcases Schwind's Romantic sensibility, blending portraiture with idyllic nature scenes. A key figure in Vienna's Biedermeier and Romantic circles, Schwind—friend to composers like Franz Schubert—often infused his works with fairy-tale whimsy and emotional depth, drawing from German folklore and everyday poetry...
About the Artist
Moritz von Schwind · 1804–1871
Comment on works: genre; history; portrait; illustrator