Intermezzo (from the series A Love)
1887–1903
Medium
Etching and engraving; third state; state eight of ten
Dimensions
Plate: 9 5/8 × 18 1/16 in. (24.5 × 45.8 cm) Sheet: 16 1/16 × 21 7/8 in. (40.8 × 55.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. F. H. Hirschland, 1952
Accession Number
52.586.1(6)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Max Klinger’s *Intermezzo* belongs to his celebrated print cycle *A Love* (Eine Liebe), a series of ten etchings and engravings that traces the emotional arc of romantic passion. Created between 1887 and 1903, the work reflects the Symbolist movement’s interest in inner experience, desire, and the psychological dimensions of love. Klinger, a German artist renowned for his technically ambitious printmaking, used the medium to blend realistic detail with dreamlike narrative, inviting viewers to contemplate both the tenderness and tension inherent in human relationships. The plate’s refined etch...
About the Artist
Wilhelm Felsing|Max Klinger (German| ) · 1857 | –1920 |
German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena|