Cleveland Museum of Art
Child, from On Death, Part I, Opus XI (Kind, Vom Tode, Erster Teil, Opus XI)
Max KlingerLinkedCulture matchlcp-18a1bea5947d
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- etching and aquatint
- Culture
- Germany, late 19th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 113840
What the image shows
A woman reclines in a chair on a grassy path, surrounded by nature.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In this, the fifth in Klinger’s series On Death, Part One, death occurs in a seemingly peaceful landscape. In a large meadow bordered by woods, a nanny has fallen asleep upon a bench. Beside her is a baby carriage, beneath which lies fallen bedding. On a path in the distance, toward the darkness of the forest, Death leads the child away, dead as a result of its fall.
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- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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