Gradiva

For the novel by Wilhelm Jensen, see Gradiva (novel).

The original Roman relief upon which Gradiva was based (Vatican City).

Gradiva, or "She who steps along", is a mythic figure created by Wilhelm Jensen as a central character in his novella Gradiva (1902).[1] The character was inspired by an existing Roman relief. She later became a prominent subject in Surrealist art after Sigmund Freud published an essay on Jensen's work.

  1. ^ Jensen, Wilhelm (1903). Gradiva: ein pompejanisches phantasiestück ... C. Reissner.