Das Marionettentheater

c. 1820

not on display
Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer1766 Genf – 1847 Genf
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In this genre scene, presumably set in Savoy, attention is focused on the reactions of the spectators. The anecdote according to which Töpffer's son-in-law François Duval stole the unfinished painting from the studio to prevent the painter from destroying the magic when completing his work goes back to Dubois-Melly. According to Lucien Boissonnas, perhaps a counterpart to 'Strassensänger auf dem Markt' (Winterthur, Oskar Reinhart Foundation).
Also known as
Scène de genre: Le théâtre de marionettes / Le Spectacle de guignol / Le Polichinelle Bateleurs de village Le théâtre de marionettes
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
image: 63 x 54 cm
Inventory number
1622
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, 1925