Artist: Moritz Von Schwind

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Years ago, I ran across this interesting print on Wikipedia. It's called "Wie die Thiere den Jäger begraben", and was created by the artist Moritz Von Schwind around 1850 A.D. This is a fascinating little engraving. Every character is an individual despite the stylistic simplicity of their design, and there is a whole range of emotion in each character.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...Begraebnis.jpg

This image was possibly the picture that provided inspiration for the ironic funeral march that forms the third movement of Gustav Mahler's First Symphony (composed c. 1884-1888; revised 1893-1910).

Information about Moritz Von Schwind can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_von_Schwind

I think it's pretty cool that an Anthropomorphic image may have inspired part of a composer's symphony.