Rütli.

Article ID EUC4008

Title

Rütli.

View of Rütli. Rütli is a mountain meadow on Lake Lucerne, in the Seelisberg municipality of the Swiss canton of Uri. The Rütlischwur is a legendary oath of the Old Swiss Confederacy, taken on the Rütli, a meadow above Lake Uri near Seelisberg. The oath is notably featured in the play William Tell ,by Friedrich Schiller. Its canonical form is that of the 16th century Chronicon Helveticum of Aegidius Tschudi. According to Tschudi, the three oath-takers (Eidgenossen) were Werner Stauffacher for Schwyz, Walter Fürst for Uri and Arnold of Melchtal for Unterwalden.

Year

ca. 1859

Artist

Müller

Dimensions (cm)13,5 x 17,5
ConditionPerfect condition
Coloringcolored
TechniqueFeather Lithography

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