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Kunstmuseum Basel

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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

Arnold Böcklin, 1873

Der Komiker

Paul Klee, 1903

Painting of Psyche ascending through clouds toward gods on Olympus, with Mercury flying above and a landscape below.

Psyche Is Carried to the Olympus by Mercury

Cornelius van Poelenburgh

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

Destroyed House near Kehl

Arnold Böcklin, 1870

Abstract pastel drawing of blue, green and pink geometric shapes suggesting Venetian buildings under a night sky with a moon.

A small room in Venice

Paul Klee, 1933

Still life with a blue flask, a roasted chicken, a ceramic jar, fruit and an orange bowl on a wooden table.

Blue Flask and Chicken

James Ensor, 1925

Painting of a musical company seated at a table in a garden, with a flute player, a lute, a red gown, and a distant castle.

Musical company around a table in a garden

Ambrosius Benson, 1545

Painting of a hilltop medieval city with a domed church, walls, and robed figures in the foreground by a fountain and shrine.

The Heyday of the Middle Ages

August Ahlborn, 1829

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

Arnold Böcklin, 1847

Painting of Christ carrying the cross with a grieving Virgin and a young man behind him, against a dark background.

Christ Carrying the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

Luis de Morales, 1570

Cubist still life by Juan Gris showing a guitar, clarinet, wine glass, bottle and grapes on a table in muted grey and brown t

Guitar and Clarinet

Juan Gris, 1920

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

Sacred grove

Arnold Böcklin, 1882

Expressionist painting of an alpine village with blue roofs, grazing cattle and goats, and red and orange mountains behind.

Stafelalp, retour des animaux

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Painting of an angel and a startled young man beside a river with a leaping fish, rocky cliffs and a distant town.

A large fish appears while Tobias is washing his feet in the river Tigris; he is frightened

Joachim Patinir, 1500

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

Arnold Böcklin, 1882

Painting of a gold-armoured warrior driving a white-horse chariot through clouds with two female figures beside him.

Venus, Injured by Diomedes, Returns to Olympus

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1800

Painting of a winged figure lifting a woman above a cauldron amid a crowd, with an ox, columns and a distant hillside.

Mercury Abducting the Goddess Contento

Adriaen van Stalbemt

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

Landscape at Sunset

Arnold Böcklin, 1849

Loose painting of a red-roofed building, telegraph pole, trees and a small walking figure under a grey-blue sky.

Vuillard - L'Etang-la-Ville la gare (Passage à niveau de L'Etang-la-Ville), um 1900

Edouard Vuillard, 1900

Painting of a village doctor examining a vial in a rustic room while a family with children waits nearby.

The Village Doctor

Albert Anker, 1879

Painting of Adam and Eve, nude, with Eve holding an apple and Adam looking toward her against a dark background.

Adam and Eve

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1517

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

Mountain Landscape with Chamois

Arnold Böcklin, 1849

Painting of a mythological scene with a nude woman on a couch, a crowned king on a throne, a messenger, and cupids.

Hermes presenting Pandora to King Epimetheus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1611

Painting of skeletons overwhelming crowds across a golden landscape with gallows, a burning village and a distant coast.

Triumph des Todes

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1608

Dark painting of a gaunt standing man with folded arms inside a tent, lit from above, with a sleeping figure at right.

Don Quixote’s Vigil

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Golgotha: crucifixion scene with three crosses, crowds and mounted soldiers on a hill, with a walled town and mountains beyon

Golgotha

Brunswick Monogrammist, 1550

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

Arnold Böcklin, 1867

Oil painting of cavalry riders in uniform seizing a herd of horses on an open plain under a pale sky.

Ulans rob Honved-Hussars a Herd of Horses

Franz Adam, 1864

Oil portrait of a bearded man with red hair in a dark jacket, set against a textured background with a pale curtain.

Portrait of the Painter Achille Granchi-Taylor

Paul Gauguin, 1885

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

Play of the Nereides

Arnold Böcklin, 1886