Scheherezade erzählend

1911

not on display
Karl Walser1877 Biel – 1943 Bern
We have 17 artworks by Karl Walser online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
The 16 wall panneaux on themes from 'One Thousand and One Nights' were created in 1911 as decorative furnishings for a room in the house of Hugo Cassirer in Berlin. Scheherazade (also Scharsad from Persian: شهرزاد, DMG: Šahrzād) is one of the main characters from the main plot of the stories of 'One Thousand and One Nights'.
Also known as
Narrating Scheherazade
Medium
Tempera on canvas
Dimensions
image: 133.5 x 173.5 cm
Inventory number
1969/0018.a
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Dr. Adolf Jöhr, 1937