A rainbow appearing over the graves of the dead after an epidemic of plague. Colour lithograph after F. Jenewein, 1900.

  • Jenewein, Felix, 1857-1905.
Date:
1901
Reference:
17774i
Part of:
The plague : A cycle of six pictures
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Description

Subject described by Karel B. Mádl as follows: "Heaven is reconciled. The terrible phantom of Plague vanished. The storm is over; under the ground sleep the dead and above it there remained part of miserable humanity. Tapers burn on munberless [sic] graves and on the brightening sky appears a rainbow of peace. An awful remembrance of experienced wretchedness and misery lingers and covers the smiling landscape with ashes and darkness. It is useless to point out the chalk-drawing, covered with a light and expressive colour, for it speaks eloquently for itself, showing a great intensity and depth of feeling of Jenewein. I tried to point out here the connexion between the Plague and that which preceded it, as well as the soil, from which the cycle Plague has sprung up, the ethical basis and the artistic expression, and in all this Felix Jenewein succeeded."

Publication/Creation

Pragae [at Prague] : Sumptum fecit B. Kočí, 1901.

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 35.2 x 47.8 cm.

Lettering

Felix Jenewein: Pestis. F. Jenewein. 1900.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 17774i

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