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Arnold Böcklin

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Ruin by the Sea

Ruin by the Sea

1881

Painting of a rolling landscape with tall trees, a hilltop town with a tower, and small figures near a stream under clouds.

Roman Landscape

ca. 1850-52

Mermaids and a bearded merman playing a harp in calm sea under a cloudy sky, by Arnold Böcklin.

In the Sea

1883

Dark night scene of a rocky island with cypress trees, stone tombs, and a small boat carrying two figures on still water.

Island of the Dead

1880

Painting of a narrow rocky gorge with a bright green tree, boulders, a stream, and a pale sky above.

Spring in a Narrow Gorge (Quell in einer Felsschluct)

1881

Two figures sit on a rocky ledge; a man points toward a distant valley while a woman in a pale dress leans beside him.

The Honeymoon

1875

Painting of a rider on a rearing grey horse crossing rocky ground at dusk, with a distant figure and trees under an orange sk

Astolf Riding Away with the Head of Orill

1873

Loose oil sketch of a pale ruined house among rocks under a dark stormy sky, with a cypress tree behind.

Destroyed House near Kehl

1870

Half-length portrait of a woman with dark bangs in a brown dress, set against a blue-grey background with plants.

Bildnis Clara Bruckmann-Böcklin

1876

Golden hillside landscape with a seated piper, white pavilion, grazing sheep and a dark peacock in the foreground.

Idyll (Fragment of a Screen)

1872

Painting of three standing stones on a grassy mound under a stormy sky, with a bare tree and white birds in the foreground.

The megalithic tomb

1847

Painted portrait of a young man with dark hair, eyes lowered, in a dark coat and white collar against a brown background.

Portrait of Alexander Michelis

1846

Painting of a grove with a burning altar, two kneeling white-robed figures, a procession of figures, and golden autumn trees.

Sacred grove

1882

Painting of a seated nude woman with a harp by a cave, and a cloaked man standing on dark rocks above the sea.

Ulysses and Calypso

1882

Painting of a sunset landscape with a pond, autumn trees, a grazing animal, and dark mountains under a green sky.

Landscape at Sunset

1849

Painting of chamois grazing among pale boulders and snow patches on a rocky mountainside under a grey sky.

Mountain Landscape with Chamois

1849

Woman in a dark veil grieves beside the nude body of a bearded man lying on a marble slab.

Magdalene Grieving over the Body of Christ

1867

Mermaids play on a dark rock amid stormy waves, one holding an infant, under a bright breaking wave.

Play of the Nereides

1886

Bildnis Anna Elisabeth Burckhardt-Brenner

1868

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a green dress and pink headscarf against a dark background, by Arnold Böcklin.

Bildnis Wilhelmine Wiggenhauser

1849

Painting of centaurs fighting on rocky ground, one raising a boulder overhead under a cloudy blue sky.

Fight of the Centaurs

1872

Painting of a wooded island with dancing robed figures, bathing nudes and swans on a dark lake under a cloudy sky.

The island of life

1888

Painting of an overgrown garden with a pale statue among roses, tall grasses, a stone urn and a curved stone basin.

Venus Abandoned

1860

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair and round wire glasses, wearing a dark coat and white collar, against a dark background

Portrait of Jakob Mähly

1848

Armored rider on a white horse overlooks a stone bridge, a hilltop town and a procession under a dark stormy sky.

The March of the Goths

1881

Painting of a green-skinned winged figure with a scythe striding over a street where people lie fallen and flee.

The Plague

1898

Fresco-style painting of King David with a crown and harp in an arched niche, with a winged cherub holding a scroll below.

King David

1868

Oil portrait of a woman in a grey dress leaning against a tree at dusk, holding a handkerchief, with a distant landscape.

Portrait of Louisa Schmid

1849

Painting of nude Venus rising from the sea on a shell, with flying cherubs above holding a wreath and green drapery.

Venus Anadyomene

1872

Oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair and fur collar against a grey background, inscribed FLORENZ 1875.

Bildnis des Kunsthistorikers Adolph Bayersdorfer

1875

Painting of a figure in a red robe leaning on a stone ledge in a dark, overgrown wooded landscape with a distant house.

Petrarch at the Spring of Vaucluse

1867

Painting of two robed figures walking past a stone well toward a hilltop village under a stormy sky.

On the Way to Emmaus

1868