Erlkönig

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Number:066030

Title:Erlkönig

Artist: Schwind, Moritz Ludwig, von (1804-1871)

Museum: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

Method: Oil on canvas

Created: c. 1830

School: Austria

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: Romanticism

Keywords: Poetry, Man, Symbol, Symbolism, Horse, Fantasy, Fantasy world, Hero, Legend, Horseman, Dream, Good and evil, Superstition, Goethe, Magic, Erlkönig, Erlking, Elf King