Arnold Böcklin, Schloß am Meer, 1859, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Inv.-Nr. M 4140

Castle by the Sea (Murder in the Castle Garden), 1859

ArtistArnold Böcklin, Basel 1827–1901 San Domenico di Fièsole

Oil on canvas (lined)

Dimensions with frame72,8 × 104,5 × 8 cm

Dimensions without frame43,7 × 75,5 × 2,5 cm

Status

not on display

About the workSwiss painter Arnold Böcklin, who was trained in Düsseldorf, was interested in the hidden and the enigmatic. In this oil sketch, the castle that gives the work its title is concealed by trees, with only the arcade visible. The gloomy, overgrown nature corresponds to the dramatic scene on the shore, which is difficult to make out: the criminals with the kidnapped woman and the dead man dressed in black barely stand out from their surroundings. Böcklin varied this composition over the years in other paintings and explored different moods by shifting the emphasis.

AccessionAcquisition 1913

Provenance[...]; bis 1910 Sammlung Johannes Niessen, Weimar/ Köln; o.D. Emil Carroux, Düsseldorf; 1913 erworben durch die Gesellschaft zur Ergänzung der Sammlung des Städtischen Kunstmuseums Düsseldorf

Inventory numberM 4140

Contact

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Castle by the Sea (Murder in the Castle Garden), 1859

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