The Forest Maiden
Medium
etching on steel on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 81 × 62 cm · plate: 72 × 53 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Stephen Dull
Accession Number
2018.303
Tags
gender unknownmale
About this artwork
The story of The Forest Maiden tells of female demon who inhabits the forest and appears as a beautiful woman to tempt and prey upon unwitting men. This prints shows several different scenes of seduction, placed through an elaborately woven forest canopy. Eugen Neureuther made this elaborate etching depicting the tale during a revival of interest in folk tales in Germany in the early 19th century.