# Royal Couple Mourning for their Dead Daughter [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LESSING, Karl Friedrich]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 215 x 193 cm ## Commentary Royal Couple Mourning for their Dead Daughter 1830 Oil on canvas, 215 x 193 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The subject of this painting was probably taken from a work by the Romantic poet Ludwig Uhland, who was extremely popular among the Düsseldorf artists. This imaginary historical scene reflects a tendency to idealize the remote past that was connected with the beginnings of the movement for German national revival. Thanks to this topicality, Lessing's painting achieved great success at the Berlin exhibition of 1830. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()