“Loreley”,
sitting on a rock and winding her long hair, wearing a hairband on her head and a bracelet on her arm with 2 spirals each, on the side her harp with a siren and child’s head on the frame, rock pedestal with rocailles and reeds,porcelain, white, glazed, height 36,5 cm, 1 strand of hair with minor chipping at the end
Meissen, blue crossed swords mark, c. 1900, model R 186x by Emmerich Andresen 1899, former no. 125, very rare mould (Ru)
LORELEY is an almost vertical slate rock that rises to a height of 132m on the right bank of the Rhine upriver from Sankt Goarshausen. LORELEY was created by C. Brentano under the impression of a journey on the Rhine: a fantastic figure of a beautiful girl that attracts men and delivers them to misfortune (Ballade von der Loré Lay in his novel ‘Godwi’ 1801). In order to escape her curse, the man jumped off a rock into the Rhine. The best-known version is a poem written by H. Heine in 1824, set to music by F. Silcher. Lit.:
Bergmann A100-Z300, p. 104, cat no. 2196;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
02.06.2021 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 4,096.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 3,000.- to EUR 4,000.-
“Loreley”,
sitting on a rock and winding her long hair, wearing a hairband on her head and a bracelet on her arm with 2 spirals each, on the side her harp with a siren and child’s head on the frame, rock pedestal with rocailles and reeds,porcelain, white, glazed, height 36,5 cm, 1 strand of hair with minor chipping at the end
Meissen, blue crossed swords mark, c. 1900, model R 186x by Emmerich Andresen 1899, former no. 125, very rare mould (Ru)
LORELEY is an almost vertical slate rock that rises to a height of 132m on the right bank of the Rhine upriver from Sankt Goarshausen. LORELEY was created by C. Brentano under the impression of a journey on the Rhine: a fantastic figure of a beautiful girl that attracts men and delivers them to misfortune (Ballade von der Loré Lay in his novel ‘Godwi’ 1801). In order to escape her curse, the man jumped off a rock into the Rhine. The best-known version is a poem written by H. Heine in 1824, set to music by F. Silcher. Lit.:
Bergmann A100-Z300, p. 104, cat no. 2196;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 02.06.2021 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 27.05. - 02.06.2021 |
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