Mignon desires her fatherland
Mignon desires her fatherland | |
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Artist | Ary Scheffer |
Year | 1836 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 171 cm × 87 cm (67 in × 34 in) |
Location | Dordrecht's Museum aan de Haven, Dordrecht, Netherlands |
Mignon desires her fatherland (Dutch: Mignon verlangende naar haar vaderland) is an 1836 painting by the Dutch-French artist Ary Scheffer. The picture depicts a young woman Mignon, inspired from a character in Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.[1] The 1866 Ambroise Thomas opera Mignon was based on the same character, and Scheffer's feminine representation of Mignon in a dress influenced her portrayal by Thomas.[2] The painting currently hangs in the Dordrechts Museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands.[3]
Related paintings
"Mignon yearns for heaven" (1851/1915) by Scheffer. Original color painting (1851): http://www.akg-prints.com/de/products/11011
References
- ^ "Mignon verlangende naar vaderland – Dordrechts Museum". Dordrechts Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ Karen Henson (2015). Opera Acts: Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-107-00426-9.
- ^ "Ary Scheffer – Societyschilder in Parijs". Dordrechts Museum.
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