The Castle by the Sea
Caspar Johann Nepomuk Scheuren
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- 47.2 x 60.5 cm
- Vendor
- Emanuel von Baeyer
It is inhabited by a king and queen and their musical daughter, whose premature death forms the focus of the poem's lament. The castle and characters are surrounded by an architectural framework, in which the seperate compartments serve to isolate episodes of the unfolding narrative.
Provenance
The Kristiana Kunstforenings until 1858-60; by lottery win to Robert Sinclair; Kristiana Kunstforenings; auction 2002; Donald Tumasouis; Emanuel von Baeyer.