The Vixen Ermelyn with Her Children in the Fox Den Malepartus
1920
Bursting with chaotic energy, this lively scene captures a fox family huddled in their burrow, rendered in Lovis Corinth's signature late style. The bold, scribbled black lines and splashes of rusty red and sky blue depict the famous trickster Reynard's wife, Ermelyn, and her cubs in their castle, Malepartus. Created in 1920 as part of a series illustrating the classic European fable of Reynard the Fox, this piece showcases Corinth's shift toward Expressionism, where raw emotion and movement trump realistic detail. It feels like a frantic, intimate glimpse into a wild animal den just before the trickster returns home.
- Technique
- Lithograph with hand coloring
- Material
- Paper
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