Friedrich Schilcher - Theme from the Ballad "Leonore" by Gottfried August Bürger - image-1

Lot 2240 Dα

Friedrich Schilcher - Theme from the Ballad "Leonore" by Gottfried August Bürger

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 14:00 - 19th Century
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €

Friedrich Schilcher

Theme from the Ballad "Leonore" by Gottfried August Bürger

Pencil on paper. 36.7 x 34.4 cm.
Framed under glass.
Monogrammed lower right: FS.

Hand-inscribed above by the artist with the last verses from the ballad "Leonore" by Gottfried August Bürger, published in 1778, an emblematic work of the so-called "Sturm und Drang" era.

In this drawing, Schilcher illustrates the final scene of the ballad in which the fiancé, who has not returned from the war, appears to Leonore as a ghost and whisks her away on a ride through the night, where they meet other ghosts and "riffraff" and celebrate their wedding with them. In the end, he takes the bride into his coffin and ultimately into the realm of the dead.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.