Colma finder sin elskers og sin broders lig 1810 - 1811

C.G. Kratzenstein Stub created this drawing, Colma finder sin elskers og sin broders lig, during the late 18th or early 19th century. The work engages with the epic poem cycle of Ossian, a literary sensation of the time. Here, Stub depicts Colma, a figure caught in a tragic intersection of love and kinship, finding the bodies of her lover and brother. The drawing explores themes of loss, mourning, and the feminine experience of tragedy, common in Romanticism. The sensitivity in Stub's lines conveys Colma's emotional distress. The depiction challenges viewers to consider the gendered dimensions of grief and heroism. The presence of loyal dogs further emphasizes themes of fidelity and mourning. The artist invites us to reflect on the complex entanglements of love, family, and loss, and consider how these themes resonate across historical and cultural contexts.