Name/Title
Hans Christian Andersen WindowContext
From the 9/17/1899 MS:
The article gives the title of the window as "Hans Christain [sic] Andersen Telling Stories to the Children." The article says: "The portrait of the dear old author of Denmark, surrounded by eager-eyed children with a background emblematical of his best known stories, is an exquisite thing that someone really ought to buy for the Children's department of the Public library. Miss Herndl loves it because she says she put into it all her memories of childhood. 'I was brought up on Hans Christian Andersen,' she says simply." The article, noting that Herndl exhibited the Anderson Window and her famous "Fairy Queen" at the "Exposition Art gallery," says that the Anderson Window "is the more attractive of the two."
From the 2/8/1905 MJ:
"The window is known as the Hans Christian Andersen window, and shows the famous writer of fairy tales in the attitude of telling stories to children who have gathered about him and are gazing into his face in rapt attention. The American and Danish flags are intertwined in the border and there is a wealth of allegory suggested in the background, with the Snow Queen's palace figuring prominently. In the foreground the white swan which appears in the story of The Ugly Duckling is seen."Collection
Artwork Collection, Wisconsin Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1903.1Source or Donor
Marie HerndlAcquisition Method
GiftInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
"Aere.Perennius Marie Herndl Exegl. Monumentum"Notes
A 2019 AMR guide to Central public spaces artwork said that the inscription is taken from the Latin poet Horace and translates to "I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze."Type
SignatureLocation
Lower leftTranscription
"Marie Herndl"Type
DateLocation
Upper centerTranscription
"1896"Dimensions
Dimension Description
Framed SizeHeight
68 inWidth
47 inDimension Description
Image SizeHeight
62 inWidth
41 inProvenance
Notes
Part of original Milwaukee Public Library Children's Room.
