Marionette Theater in Bern
1804 - 1813
Step right up! This lively scene captures a moment of pure entertainment in early 19th-century Bern, where a diverse crowd—from soldiers in plumed hats to wide-eyed children—has gathered around a traveling puppeteer. The wooden box, acting as a miniature stage, displays rows of tiny figures that seem to have captivated everyone, even the little white dog sniffing around in the foreground. Interestingly, the artist Gottfried Mind was famously known as the 'Raphael of Cats' for his animal sketches, yet here he brilliantly captures human curiosity and social life during the Romantic era.
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