Die Via di Marinella in Neapel mit Blick auf den Vesuv bei heraufziehendem Gewitter

The Via di Marinella at Naples with a View of Mount Vesuvius under a Brewing Thunderstorm, 1885–1889

ArtistOswald Achenbach, Düsseldorf 1827–1905 Düsseldorf

Oil on canvas

Dimensions without frame78 × 100 cm

Dimensions with frame101 × 123 × 10,5 cm

Depicted locationVesuvio

Depicted locationNapoli

Status

on display, room 010.2

About the workThe Düsseldorf landscape painter Oswald Achenbach developed his own recognisable style. Among other things, he depicted dramatic weather and lighting conditions, as in this work. A frequent motif was a smoking Mount Vesuvius, which had been active since an eruption in 1872. This painting also features a monument that no longer exists; it was erected after the volcano erupted in the eighteenth century. Various figures populate the scene, including a member of a Catholic penitential brotherhood with his characteristic white hood.

AccessionGift 1933

ProvenanceBis 1905 Oswald Achenbach; [...]; o.D. Familienbesitz von Gahlen; 1933 erworben durch Schenkung von Frau von Berghes, geb. von Gahlen, Düsseldorf

Inventory numberM 4407

Contact

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