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Da Donnern Sie Sanftmut und Duldung Aus Ihren Wolken Und Bringen Dem Gott Der Liebe Menschenopfer (They thunder forth from their clouds about gentleness and forbearance, while they sacrifice human victims to the God of love)

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“They thunder forth from their clouds about gentleness and forbearance, while they sacrifice human victims to the God of love.” (Act II, scene 3), from Die Rauber

2026.09.267

Lithograph

2026.09

Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Transfer

George Grosz

Artist

Malik-Verlag

circa 1922

Germany

Signature

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Grosz

In Artist's Hand

Inscription

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Da donnern sie Sanftmut u. Duldung aus ihren Wolken und bringen dem Gott der Liebe Menschenopfer Rauber II Akt 3 Szene

German

“They thunder forth from their clouds about gentleness and forbearance, while they sacrifice human victims to the God of love.” Rauber Act II Scene 3

WrittenPrinted

Inscription

print front, bottom left

7.

Written

24-3/4 in

18-1/4 in

Print at the Art Institute of Chicago

Professors Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries.

The World Is Round: Selections From the Anna Akeley Collection (2025)

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