The Castle by the Sea

Caspar Johann Nepomuk Scheuren (1810 - 1887)

Barber Institute of Fine Arts

1858

An evocation of a poem by Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862) which tells of a legendary castle, depicted in the centre of the painting, which reaches up towards the sky and down to the sea. It is inhabited by a king and queen and their musical daughter, whose premature death forms the focus of the poem's lament. The castle and characters are surrounded by an architectural framework, in which the seperate compartments serve to isolate episodes of the unfolding narrative.

• Medium: watercolour & pen & pencil on paper
• Dimensions: 47.2 x 60.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £7300 ( Total: £10,800)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Emanuel von Baeyer

Provenance

The Kristiana Kunstforenings until 1858-60; by lottery win to Robert Sinclair; Kristiana Kunstforenings; auction 2002; Donald Tumasouis; Emanuel von Baeyer.

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