Sujet

Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, from Les Génies de la Mort, 1870. Creator: Edmond Guillaume.

Légende

Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, from Les Génies de la Mort, 1870. After the creation of the German Empire, Wilhelm I was named kaiser (emperor) of the unified German state. Edmond Guilliaume ironically gave Wilhelm a crown of leaves like an ancient hero, but that association is superseded by the rest of his face and body. Underneath his confident eyes lies a decaying skull, and his body is replaced by the rapacious, blood-sucking form of a bat. Combined with the nighttime destruction of the church in the distance, Wilhelm represents the very essence of the coldhearted, cold-blooded enemy.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B17_453

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,3Mo (5,8Mo) / 31,8cm x 42,0cm / 3758 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany portrait animal people man men head historical German arts politics country emperor monarch art guy wing wings skull color king royal scene political depiction location century drawing empire gallery kaiser drawings print prints bat royalty concept exhibition printing exhibit winged illustrated caricature politician art gallery Colour 19th century Prussian politicians lithograph nineteenth century statesman culture history historic Prussia sovereign winged figure Wilhelm I Emperor of Germany lithography illustration German Empire William I King William I King of Prussia Wilhelm I of Prussia Hohenzollern William I of Germany Art Institute of Chicago wove paper art centre wings spread lithotint Chiroptera Heritage Art 19th-century Art Institute Chicago Prints and Drawings Color lithograph on ivory wove paper lithographic Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Edmond Guillaume Guillaume Edmond