Die Kappeler Milchsuppe
1869
not on displayAlbert Anker1831 Ins – 1910 Ins
We have 6 artworks by Albert Anker online.
We have 1654 paintings online.
We have 1654 paintings online.
The first war of Kappel, the beginning of the religious fights in Switzerland, ended in 1529 with a peace treaty, after the outposts had fraternized as old comrades in arms. The milk soup, to which the Catholic mountain people contributed the milk and the Zurich farmers the bread, is already mentioned in the earliest sources, for example by Johannes Stumpf, who took part in the war campaign. From his chronicle, Bullinger quotes the saying (recoreded on the frame 'they do not forget the old friendship') in his history of the Reformation, probably Anker's immediate source.
The creation of the picture is based on an outline etching by Gabriel Lory ('Le repas champêtre. Canton de Lucerne'), on the depiction of the Kappel episode by Johann Georg Volmar and on a drawing by Ludwig Vogel.
Also known as
The Milk Soup at Kappel
La Soupe au lait de Kappel
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 98 x 137 cm
Inventory number
1998/0009
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, Donated by Erica Wipf, 1998