The Erft Mill (Erftmühle), 1866

ArtistAndreas Achenbach, Kassel 1815–1910 Düsseldorf

Oil on canvas

Dimensions without frame165,7 × 229,2 cm

Dimensions with frame210 × 273 cm

Status

not on display

About the workAt first glance, the painter presents an ideal world: a sunlit half-timbered house, washerwomen by the river and children playing. But a thunderstorm is brewing, and the destroyed tree and leaking boat also have menacing undertones. Andreas Achenbach was famous for such dramatic landscapes. The mill, which he borrowed from Dutch painting, was a very frequent motif. This large-format work was acquired by an association in the same year it was completed; they wanted to include it in a prospective Düsseldorf museum that would not be founded until 1913.

AccessionAcquisition 1866

Provenance1866 „Verein zur Errichtung einer Gemälde-Gallerie zu Düsseldorf“ angekauft vom Künstler; 1913 übernommen in die Städtischen Kunstsammlungen zu Düsseldorf (heute Kunstpalast Düsseldorf)

Inventory numberM 4001

Contact

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