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Eugen Napoleon Neureuther depicted a key episode from a classic fairy tale. The title character in <em>Little Briar Rose </em>is awakened from an enchanted sleep by a prince’s kiss. Neureuther centered the composition on the meeting with the prince that leads to the story’s happy ending. His portrayal coincided with a revived interest in such folktales in Germany during the 1800s, culminating in the publication of the Brothers Grimm’s <em>Children’s and Household Tales</em> in 1812. Neureuther used that book’s versions of the two tales as source material, even including a story’s text in one print.
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Document identity
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156977
label
Little Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)
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print
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1
Source metadata
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156977
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print
title
Little Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)
description
Eugen Napoleon Neureuther depicted a key episode from a classic fairy tale. The title character in <em>Little Briar Rose </em>is awakened from an enchanted sleep by a prince’s kiss. Neureuther centered the composition on the meeting with the prince that leads to the story’s happy ending. His portrayal coincided with a revived interest in such folktales in Germany during the 1800s, culminating in the publication of the Brothers Grimm’s <em>Children’s and Household Tales</em> in 1812. Neureuther used that book’s versions of the two tales as source material, even including a story’s text in one print.
date
1836
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79947088
creators
25867
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Platemark: 66.5 x 50 cm (26 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Sheet: 72.5 x 54.5 cm (28 9/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
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Germany, 19th century
accession
1993.133
Source extras
tec
steel etching
tombstone
Little Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty), 1836. Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (German, 1806–1862). Steel etching; platemark: 66.5 x 50 cm (26 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); sheet: 72.5 x 54.5 cm (28 9/16 x 21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1993.133
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PR - Etching
citations
citation
“1993 Annual Report.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 165
citation
Montañés-lleras, Susana. “Of Technology and Fantasy: fairy tales, fables, and the transformation of illustration in the long 19th century.” <em>Gramarye : The Journal of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy</em> 28 (Winter 2025): 51-65.
page_number
Reproduced p. 50, fig. 1, Mentioned: p. 55.
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:09:59.516000
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156977
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Prints
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PR - Etching
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steel etching
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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