Ansicht von Toledo,

1862

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

25,5 x 33 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11626

Acquisition

1862 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Fritz Bamberger, Ansicht von Toledo, 1862, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/8eGVn0YGWQ (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

The painting shows Toledo’s spectacular location on a granite plateau above the Tajo ravine. Perched high above the city is the Alcázar, the former royal palace. This put Schack in mind of the history of the Visigoth empire, of which Toledo was the capital, and he noted that Bamberger depicted ‘the residence of King Ruderic in all its picturesque singularity, enthroned on a rugged rock and still imposing despite its decay’.