Child with Rosebud
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 × 8 cm (3 15/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 24.5 × 25 cm (9 11/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26 × 28 cm (10 1/4 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
117789
Art Historical Context
**Child with Rosebud** is a delicate etching by Phillip Otto Runge, a German Romantic artist active in the early 19 century. Runge (1777–1810), often celebrated alongside Caspar David Friedrich, infused his works with spiritual symbolism, drawing inspiration from nature, childhood innocence, and Goethe's color theory. Though undated, this intimate print likely dates to his mature period around 1800–1810, when he explored themes of purity and transience through tender child figures amid floral motifs. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department, it exemplifies Runge'...