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Sigunens Klage
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Sigune's Lament
Sigunens Klage
Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke (German, 1806–1891)
1843
Medium/Technique
Etching
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3722
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionOriginally published in Robert Reinick, Deutsche Dichtungen mit Randzeichnungen deutscher Künstler (Düsseldorf: Julius Buddeus, 1843-46).
Signed
In plate, at lower right: H. Mücke
Marks
Verso: in red, the mark of Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309); in purple, the mark of the MFA's Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870).
InscriptionsIn plate, on banderole at top: Sigunens Klage.
In plate, at lower right: H. Mücke Ddorf. 1843
Verso, in letterpress: [the text of Karl von Simrock's version of Sigune's lament, from Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival]
In plate, at lower right: H. Mücke Ddorf. 1843
Verso, in letterpress: [the text of Karl von Simrock's version of Sigune's lament, from Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival]
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.