Frans Stracké1820–1898Doornroosje
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
Few Dutch sculptors risked depicting romantic themes in the 19th century. Stracké’s Sleeping Beauty is, therefore, quite exceptional. He captured the fairy-tale princess in her deep, 100-year sleep, after she had pricked her finger on an enchanted spindle. She is rendered so realistically that the statue seems alive, as if she could awaken any moment.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- BK-2016-2
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
