Mignon desires her fatherland (Dutch: Mignon verlangende naar haar vaderland) is an 1836 painting by the Dutch-French artist Ary Scheffer. The picture depicts a young woman Mignon, inspired from a character in Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.[1] The 1866 Ambroise Thomas opera Mignon was based on the same character, and Scheffer's feminine representation of Mignon in a dress influenced her portrayal by Thomas.[2] The painting currently hangs in the Dordrechts Museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands.[3]

Mignon desires her fatherland
Artist	Ary Scheffer
Year	1836
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	171 cm × 87 cm (67 in × 34 in)
Location	Dordrecht's Museum aan de Haven, Dordrecht

Related paintings

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  "The Harper and the Maiden", engraved by Walter from a painting by Scheffer (1851)
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  "Mignon yearns for heaven" (1851/1915) by Scheffer
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  Unknown name artwork by Scheffer. Between 1848 and 1858.
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  Unknown name artwork by Scheffer, circa 1852–1858.

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