Wilhelm en Lenore rijden galopperend over het kerkhof 1789

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki's "Wilhelm en Lenore rijden galopperend over het kerkhof" (1789) is an etching depicting Wilhelm and Lenore, the protagonists of the famous German ballad "The Erlking" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, riding through a graveyard on horseback. The scene is framed within a circular vignette, and the top of the image features a skull, crossed bones, and a shovel as well as flying bats, symbolizing the theme of death. The etching captures the haunting atmosphere of the ballad, portraying the couple's journey into the afterlife. The artwork is part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum.