print
- Museum number
- 1879,0614.690
- Title
- Object: Der Brunhilde Empfang zu Worms (Brunhilde arriving in Worms)
- Description
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Brunhilde surrounded by her entourage is meeting her suitors in Worms; Siegfried (?) holding a horse in the foreground to right; river to left; illustration to the Nibelungenlied; after Schnorr von Carolsfeld. 1862
Engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1862
- Dimensions
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Height: 520 millimetres
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Width: 650 millimetres (plate mark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After one of the frescoes by Schnorr von Carolsfeld in the Nibelungensäle of the Residenz in Munich (begun 1831, finished by the artist's assistants in 1867). For a discussion of this project in the context of Schnorr von Carolsfeld`s artistic career, see, H. Sieveking, `Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872): An introduction to his life and work`, in G. Bartrum (ed.), exhib.cat., BM, London, 'German Romantic prints and drawings from an English private collection', London, 2011, pp.283-5.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Nibelungenlied
- Acquisition date
- 1879
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1879,0614.690
