The Young Siegfried
1839
Medium
Pen and brush and gray ink
Dimensions
sheet: 5 3/16 x 2 13/16 in. (13.1 x 7.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2010
Accession Number
2010.538
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the heart of the Romantic era, Julius Hübner, a German artist from the Düsseldorf school, the legendary hero Siegfried in youth with *The Young* (1839). This intimate drawing the mythical figure from Norse and Germanic lore—famed for slaying dragons and wielding mighty swords and shields—evoking the epic tales of the *Nibelungenlied Created amid rising German nationalism, Hübner's work reflects a 19th-century fascination with myths as symbols of cultural heritage. Executed in pen and brush with gray ink on a modest sheet (5 3/16 x 2 13/16 in.), the piece showcases the precision of monochro...