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Death and Maiden

The image depicts an intimate scene between two figures who are tightly embraced. One of the figures is wrapped in a cloth that partially emphasizes the body contours. The other figure appears to be in a protective embrace, resting its head against the other figure. Blurred human shapes can be seen in the background. The overall expression feels emotional and intense, with a clear focus on the relationship between the two main figures. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Death and Maiden
The image depicts an intimate scene between two figures who are tightly embraced. One of the figures is wrapped in a cloth that partially emphasizes the body contours. The other figure appears to be in a protective embrace, resting its head against the other figure. Blurred human shapes can be seen in the background. The overall expression feels emotional and intense, with a clear focus on the relationship between the two main figures. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Egon Schiele, Tod und Mädchen, 1915, Öl auf Leinwand, 150 x 180 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 3171
Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
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  • Death and Maiden

  • Date1915
    • Künstler*in Egon Schiele (1890 Tulln – 1918 Wien)
  • Object typePainting
  • MediumOil on canvas
  • Dimensions
    150 × 180 cm
  • SignatureSign. und dat. rechts oben: EGON / SCHIELE / 1915
  • Inventory number3171
  • Locations Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, 2. Floor (west), Room NW2
  • Mortality and death are existential themes that Schiele ventured to address time and again—here associated with a biographical event. It shows a couple, the young woman clinging with both arms to her lover. The man, a self-portrait of Schiele, stares into space. The fragile balance—the artist is alluding to this in the figures’ unstable poses—seems as if it could shatter at any moment. The girl is his long-term partner and model Wally Neuzil. He had split up with her to marry Edith Harms, who was from a middle-class family. After their separation, Neuzil trained as a nurse. In 1917 she died of scarlet fever during her wartime deployment.

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