Mignon Desires her Fatherland | |
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Artist | Ary Scheffer |
Year | 1836 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 171 cm × 87 cm (67 in × 34 in) |
Location | Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht |
Mignon Desires her Fatherland ( Dutch: Mignon verlangende naar haar vaderland) is an 1836 painting by the Dutch-French artist Ary Scheffer. The picture depicts a young woman Mignon, inspired from a character in Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. [1] The 1866 Ambroise Thomas opera Mignon was based on the same character, and Scheffer's feminine representation of Mignon in a dress influenced her portrayal by Thomas. [2] The painting currently hangs in the Dordrechts Museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands. [3]