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Sleeping Beauty
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Few Dutch sculptors risked depicting romantic themes in the 19th century. Stracké's Sleeping Beauty is, therefore, quite exceptional. He captured the fairy-tale princess in her deep, 100-year sleep, after she had pricked her finger on an enchanted spindle. She is rendered so realistically that the statue seems alive, as if she could awaken any moment.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDoornroosje. 1867. Frans Stracké. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
