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Cinderella
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther1847
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The fairy tale <em>Cinderella </em>tells of a neglected servant girl who, aided by a fairy godmother, attends a ball and falls in love with a prince. The prince finds his true love by fitting a glass slipper on her foot. Eugen Neureuther made this elaborate etching depicting several scenes from the story during a revival of interest in folk tales in Germany in the early 19th century.
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- Title: Cinderella
- Creator: Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (German, 1806-1862), Wendelin Wick (German, active 1842-1853)
- Date Created: 1847
- Physical Dimensions: Plate: 72 x 54 cm (28 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.); Sheet: 80 x 63 cm (31 1/2 x 24 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Possibly Alexander Strähuber [1814-1882], Munich, Germany, Anton Strähuber [1877-1939], Munich, Germany, Hartung & Hartung, Munich, Germany, C.G. Boerner, New York, NY, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.302
- Medium: etching on steel on wove paper
- State of work: First state of two
- Inscriptions: In plate: “Rheinischer Kunstverein der Verein in Darmstadt seinen Mitgliedern im Jahre 1847”, below image; “E. Neureuther inv. et exc. 1847”, below image right; “gedrukt bei Wick im München” below legend, Inscribed in graphite, verso: “K3217 / RNPL/VQRT”
- Fun Fact: The fairy tale <em>Cinderella </em>was a German folk tale that became popular in the 19th century in Germany, well before Walt Disney!
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Germany, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Stephen Dull
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Accession Number: 2018.302
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