"Parthie" at the Düssel River with Butterbur (Wiesenbach), ca. 1827–1830
Oil on canvas, mounted on plywood
Dimensions without frame67 × 81,2 cm
Dimensions with frame82 × 87,5 × 4,5 cm
Status
on display, room 010.2 About the workJohann Wilhelm Schirmer’s art focuses on every angle of nature. Starting in Düsseldorf, he exerted great influence on the development of western landscape painting. He explored many European countries with like-minded artists. This painting was realised in the Neandertal valley on the Düssel. The work became part of the collection of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, where Schirmer encouraged his students to copy his studies. He called this type of study a “parthie”: a detailed – but not too small – section of an image that could serve as a basis for larger pictures.
AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Provenance[...]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Inventory numberM 2217