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  • Lovis Corinth. The Young Hunter Catches Sight of Aline (Der junge Jäger erblickt Aline) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    The Young Hunter Catches Sight of Aline...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. The Young Hunter Catches Sight of Aline (Der junge Jäger erblickt Aline) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. The Young Hunter Greets Aline (Der junge Jäger begrüsst Aline) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    The Young Hunter Greets Aline (Der junge...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. The Young Hunter Greets Aline (Der junge Jäger begrüsst Aline) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Aline Gives the Thirsty Hunter a Drink (Aline gibt dem durstigen Jäger zu trinken) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Aline Gives the Thirsty Hunter a Drink...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Aline Gives the Thirsty Hunter a Drink (Aline gibt dem durstigen Jäger zu trinken) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Aline Falls (Aline kommt zu Fall) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Aline Falls (Aline kommt zu Fall)...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Aline Falls (Aline kommt zu Fall) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Aline and the Minister (Aline und der Pfarrer) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Aline and the Minister (Aline und der...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Aline and the Minister (Aline und der Pfarrer) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Aline and the President (Aline und der Präsident) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Aline and the President (Aline und der...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Aline and the President (Aline und der Präsident) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Reunion with Aline, Now a Countess (Wiedervereinigung mit der zur Gräfin emporgestiegenen Aline) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Reunion with Aline, Now a Countess...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Reunion with Aline, Now a Countess (Wiedervereinigung mit der zur Gräfin emporgestiegenen Aline) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. The King and Queen of Golconda on Their Thrones (König und Königin von Golkonde auf dem Thron) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    The King and Queen of Golconda on Their...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. The King and Queen of Golconda on Their Thrones (König und Königin von Golkonde auf dem Thron) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Reliving the Experience of Their Youth (Die Wiederholung des Jugenderlebnisses) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Reliving the Experience of Their Youth...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Reliving the Experience of Their Youth (Die Wiederholung des Jugenderlebnisses) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Aline Adorned as Queen Again (Aline wird wieder als Königin geschmückt) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Aline Adorned as Queen Again (Aline wird...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Aline Adorned as Queen Again (Aline wird wieder als Königin geschmückt) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Aline Falls into the Hands of Corsairs (Aline fällt in die Hand der Korsaren) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Aline Falls into the Hands of Corsairs...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Aline Falls into the Hands of Corsairs (Aline fällt in die Hand der Korsaren) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
  • Lovis Corinth. Aline and Her Lover in Old Age in the Valley of Their Youth (Aline und der Geliebte als alte Leute in ihrem Jugendtal) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)
    Aline and Her Lover in Old Age in the...
    (1920/21)
    Lovis Corinth. Aline and Her Lover in Old Age in the Valley of Their Youth (Aline und der Geliebte als alte Leute in ihrem Jugendtal) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde). (1920/21)

About the portfolio

Heather Hess, German Expressionist Digital Archive Project, German Expressionism: Works from the Collection. 2011.

Lovis Corinth opens this portfolio, based on an eighteenth-century love story, with a bright, sunlit landscape in which a caddish young wanderer, lolling in a field, catches sight of an innocent milkmaid, Aline. Corinth shows the stages of Aline's seduction, an indiscretion which leads to expulsion from her homeland. She ends up in Golconda, a magnificent place far beyond the borders of European civilization, where she becomes queen. Her young seducer visits the city, and they rekindle their youthful liaison. Golconda is an old name for Hyderabad, India. Corinth's Golconda, however, is largely an imaginary place, located in an exotic Orient filled with lavishly costumed characters. His warm, rich palette and harried draftsmanship are perfectly suited to this tale of erotic delight. Aline kommt zu Fall (Aline falls) captures the rush of passion Aline experiences as she gives herself to the wanderer. In Aline und der Pfarrer (Aline and the minister), a blur of color surrounds Aline's voluptuous nude body as she reunites with her lover.

The story was originally written by French author Stanislas-Jean de Boufflers as Aline, reine de Golconde, and became an instant hit upon its publication in 1761. Corinth followed the German verse translation by Gottfried August Bürger.

Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925)

The Portfolio

The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde)

Date:
(1920/21)
Medium:
Portfolio of twelve lithographs
Dimensions:
composition: see child records; sheet (each approx.): 15 3/8 x 11 7/16" (39 x 29 cm)
Paper:
Cream, smooth, laid (Zanders).
Publisher:
Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin
Printer:
Hermann Birkholz, Berlin
Reference:
Müller 499-511.
MoMA Number:
Portfolio_Corinth_Golconda
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