Etching by the German artist Max Klinger. In the course of the usually mythologic subjects of his graphics this etching shows Psyches reception at Olympus, taken from the cycle "Amor und Psyche Opus V.", published by Theodor Stroefer and printed by the printing house Felsing, Munich, 1880.
ARTIST:
Max Klinger (1857 - 1920) was a German painter, sculptor and printmaker, whose works are basically classified belonging to the symbolism movement.
DESCRIPTION:
Etching by the German artist Max Klinger from the cycle "Amor und Psyche Opus V.", published by Stroefer and printed by Felsing in Munich, 1880. It shows Psyches reception at Olympus, the etching is mounted below a high-class passepartout and is fixed in a leaf gilding frame.
SIZE:
frame: about h 28.5 cm x w 34.5 cm
etching: about h 7.1 cm x w 15.2 cm
CONDITION:
- very good condition
- slightly browning
- small damages at the frame: scratches and sporadic spalling
