Albert Pinkham RyderAmerican, 1847–1917The Lorelei
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
RoomLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 12A
On public display.
- Checked
- 10 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The Lorelei, one of Albert Pinkham Ryder's larger paintings, links love and death, a common theme among late nineteenth-century artists, poets, and musicians. The tale of the Lorelei became popular in the mid-nineteenth century when German poet Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) penned a poem about her, which a number of composers set to music. Ryder's image is based on the second and third stanzas of the poem (above), and his friends reported that he sang "the song of the Lorelei" while working on this painting.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2011.8
What it shows
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 10 days ago
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
