Identification title(s): two scenes from bürger's poems. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-13. 974. Catalog reference: bauer 508, 509, engelmann 236, 237-1(2). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: on the left a scene based on the poem 'die entführung, oder ritter karl von eichenhorst und fräulein gertrude von hochburg'. Gertrud von hochburg's father wants her to marry the squire plump von pommerland, but she allows herself to be eloped by the knight karl von eichenhorst, with whom she is in love. During a duel, karl von eichenhorst defeats the squire and the father still agrees to the marriage. On the right a scene based on the poem 'die weiber von weinsberg'. It is an adaptation of a well-known story in which the women of the weinsberg carry their men out of the city on their backs after the conquest of their city in 1140 by conrad iii. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: daniel nikolaus chodowiecki (studio of) after own design by: daniel nikolaus chodowiecki (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: berlin. Dating: 1778. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: sheet: h 158 mm (cut within the plate edge) × w 195 mm explanation fifth and sixth scenes from a series of eight scenes that illustrate the poems of gottfried august bürger. The scenes were etched on two plates. A later version of this series was used in: bürger, gottfried august. Göttingen: johann christian dieterich, 1778. Subject: what: literature; knight; capture of city (after the siege) carrying a person on one's back. Where: weinsberg. Who: gottfried august bürger, koenraad iii of hohenstaufen (king of germany and emperor of the roman empire). Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: 1778.
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