Defeat of Wittekind near Bürberg

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Defeat of Wittekind near Bürberg

Julius Schnorr von CarolsfeldLinkedCulture matchlcp-8af31466dca5

Date
1835
Medium
Graphite and red chalk, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper (pieced at top)
Culture
Germany
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
186408

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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld became a member of the Nazarene Brotherhood in Rome at an early age and adopted their historicizing linearity and interest in Renaissance artists Raphael and Albrecht Dürer. King Ludwig I of Bavaria, an enthusiastic promoter of German national culture, commissioned Schnorr von Carolsfeld to paint fresco murals of scenes from German history for his royal residence. This monumental study for the Charlemagne room depicts the emperor defeating the Saxon leader Wittekind at Fritzlar near Bürberg, which occurred in the eighth century. Placed before the Bürberg church and flanked by angels, Charlemagne is depicted as the protector and patron of the Christian state.

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Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Provenance
Sold, Christie’s, London, June 29, 2000, lot 501, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

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