# Daydream [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOFMANN, Ludwig von]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on wood, 45 x 71 cm ## Commentary The elegiac dream mood and numerous symbolic references make the picture one of Hofmann's characteristic early works. The painting shows Hofmann's bride Eleonore Kekulé \(1878–1968\), daughter of archaeologist Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz. The pure profile head is reminiscent of the beautifully lined female portraits of the Florentine Renaissance. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve \(Paradise\)]() - [Idyll]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()