Erziehung des Achill (The Training of Achilles), Plate VII from the portfolio Antike Legenden (Classical Legends)
Lovis Corinth, Erziehung des Achill (The Training of Achilles), Plate VII from the portfolio Antike Legenden (Classical Legends), 1919, drypoint on handmade "Bütten" paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, public domain, 85.14.450
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- Title
Erziehung des Achill (The Training of Achilles), Plate VII from the portfolio Antike Legenden (Classical Legends)
- Related Titles
original language: Erziehung Des Achill
portfolio: Antike Legenden (Classical Legends)
translated: The Training of Achilles
- Artist
- Date
1919
- Medium
drypoint on handmade "Bütten" paper
- Edition
Edition: 150 (including deluxe edition of 50 on Japan paper with additional plate and a regular edition of 100 on handmade "Bütten" paper); this impression is 21/100 on Bütten
- Catalogue Raisonné
Schwarz 351 VII
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 28 in x 21 in; sheet: 18 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
85.14.450
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Lovis Corinth produced the twelve prints of Antike Legenden (Classical Legends) just after World War I, when the themes of struggle, battle, and conflict would have been easily understood in a modern context. Corinth hewed to the classical story line, but created a modern look for the ancient narrative. He rendered his subjects in a sketchy, Expressionist style, rich with the burr of the drypoint needle used to etch the plates. While many of the themes evoke conflict, such as Der Raub der Helena (The Abduction of Helen) or Die Schmiede des Vulkan (The Forge of Vulcan), where the god of fire created the weapons of war, Corinth subverted the martial theme in Der Spiegel der Venus (The Mirror of Venus), in which the goddess of love uses the shield of Mars (god of war) as a mirror to reflect her voluptuous beauty.
- Exhibitions
2012 Mythologia: Gods, Heroes, and Monsters Portland Art Museum
