Illustration to the poem “The Flower’s Revenge” (Der Blumen Rache – Ferdinand Freiligrath)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (28.3 × 22.6 cm) Plate: 8 1/4 × 5 13/16 in. (21 × 14.7 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16 in. (27.2 × 20.4 cm) Plate: 8 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (21.2 × 14.9 cm) Sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in. (28.4 × 22.2 cm) Plate: 7 11/16 × 5 13/16 in. (19.6 × 14.8 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (26.4 × 19.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Accession Number
2014.602(4)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This 1852 etching by Eugen Neureuther illustrates Ferdinand Freiligrath’s poem “The Flower’s Revenge” (Der Blumen Rache), capturing the Romantic-era fascination with nature’s personification. Freiligrath, a German poet known for politically charged verse, depicts flowers rising in rebellion against human indifference, a theme Neureuther translates into visual form through delicate line work and symbolic imagery. The tags highlighting women and flowers suggest the composition centers on female figures intertwined with floral motifs, evoking both beauty and latent power. Etching was a favored m...
About the Artist
Ferdinand Freiligrath|Eugen Neureuther (German|German) · 1810 |1806 –1876 |1882
German, 1810–1876|German, Munich 1806–1882 Munich