4/internal/media/dispatcher/50565/fullSouls at the River Acheron1898[Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl]Adolf Hirémy-HirschlOil on canvas The souls of the dead in human form have congregated on the banks of the Acheron. Accompanied by Hermes Psychopompos, the conveyor of souls, they restlessly wait to cross to the underworld. Approaching on the river, the barge of the ferryman Charon can already be seen. Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl depicted this story from Greek mythology with searing emotional intensity. The realistic representation of the naked, pale, partially veiled bodies is based on photographs. Despite the pathos of the composition, this heightens the nightmarish quality of the work. Following in the footsteps of Hans Makart, Hirémy-Hirschl emulated his grandiose “sensation pictures” while at the same time adhering here to the style of Dark Romanticism, the hallmarks of which are gloom, suffering, and death. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/6707/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/16329/fullCourt Actor Ernst Hartmannc. 1895[Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl]Adolf Hirémy-HirschlOil on canvasDas Gemälde entstand im Auftrag der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst als Illustrationsvorlage für das Prachtwerk "Die Theater Wien's" (Band 2, Teil 3).Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/6230/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/16330/fullThe Actress Helene Hartmannc. 1895[Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl]Adolf Hirémy-HirschlOil on canvasDas Gemälde entstand im Auftrag der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst als Illustrationsvorlage für das Prachtwerk "Die Theater Wien's" (Band 2, Teil 3).Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/6231/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/13136/fullAntike Friedhofsszene (Frau mit Kindern eine Grabstelle schmückend)undated[Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl]Adolf Hirémy-HirschlOil on canvasPaintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/4552/rdf