Oswald Achenbach - In front of the Colosseum (with a view of Meta Sudans fountain)
Oswald Achenbach
In front of the Colosseum (with a view of Meta Sudans fountain)
Oil on canvas. 41.2 x 65.6 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: Osw. Achenbach 1877.
Drenched in warm evening light, Oswald Achenbach depicts the Colosseum as a striking setting for the Mediterranean scene. The ancient architecture is portrayed not merely as a historical monument, but as a living part of everyday Roman life. Travellers and traders bring the foreground to life and create a narrative atmosphere within the landscape in front of the ruins.
Provenance
Paffrath Gallery, Düsseldorf 1991. - In second generation in a private collection, Rhineland.
Literature
M. Potthoff: Oswald Achenbach. Sein künstlerisches Wirken zur Hochzeit des Bürgertums. Studien zu Leben und Werk. Cologne, Berlin 1995, no. 33, p. 276. - Ausst.-Kat. Düsseldorf 1998: Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: Das A und O der Landschaft, Cologne 1998, p. 219, ill. p. 130.
Exhibitions
Westdeutsche Kunstmesse, Paffrath Gallery, Düsseldorf/Cologne, 1991. - Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: Das A und O der Landschaft, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1998.
Oswald Achenbach
In front of the Colosseum (with a view of Meta Sudans fountain)
Oil on canvas. 41.2 x 65.6 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: Osw. Achenbach 1877.
Drenched in warm evening light, Oswald Achenbach depicts the Colosseum as a striking setting for the Mediterranean scene. The ancient architecture is portrayed not merely as a historical monument, but as a living part of everyday Roman life. Travellers and traders bring the foreground to life and create a narrative atmosphere within the landscape in front of the ruins.
Provenance
Paffrath Gallery, Düsseldorf 1991. - In second generation in a private collection, Rhineland.
Literature
M. Potthoff: Oswald Achenbach. Sein künstlerisches Wirken zur Hochzeit des Bürgertums. Studien zu Leben und Werk. Cologne, Berlin 1995, no. 33, p. 276. - Ausst.-Kat. Düsseldorf 1998: Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: Das A und O der Landschaft, Cologne 1998, p. 219, ill. p. 130.
Exhibitions
Westdeutsche Kunstmesse, Paffrath Gallery, Düsseldorf/Cologne, 1991. - Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: Das A und O der Landschaft, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1998.
