Inside Out Library · Explore

Der hörnene Siegfried : altdeutsche Volkssage nach den vorhandenen mittelhochdeutschen Gedichten für Knaben erzählt von Dr. Krieger. Mit 4 colorirten Bildern

..., Krieger · 1849 · Winckelmann & Söhne · 2 pictures

A hand-coloured German children's book of 1849 from the Winckelmann & Söhne press, retelling the old German Siegfried saga for boys by Dr. Krieger with four coloured plates. The two plates show a richly dressed queen on a balcony beside a castle hanging with gold drapery, and a boy in a brown jacket leading a rider on a black horse through a dark wood, with the rider carrying a woman before him. A designer could draw on the layered costume detail, the flat painted colour and the framed caption set beneath each scene.

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz · No known copyright restrictions · More from this library