Die Waldkönigin
1. Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert
Medium
Aquarell und Gouache auf Papier
Dimensions
Blattmaße: 29,7 × 26,7 cm
Classification
Zeichnung
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
SLM 740
Art Historical Context
### Die Waldkönigin by Károly Markó. Ä. Step into the lush, mythical realm of *Die Waldkönigin (The Forest Queen), a captivating watercolor and gouache on paper by Hungarian master Károly Markó the, created in the first half of 19th century. 29.7 × 26.7 cm, this delicate drawing from the Belvedere in Vienna evokes the Romantic era's reverence for nature's poetic power. Markó, renowned for his luminous landscapes inspired by classical masters like Claude Lorr, infuses the scene with idealized foliage and a ethereal female figure embodying the spirit of the woods—a nod to folklore and the Roman...