Griechische Küste bei Sturm,

um 1849/50

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

80 x 143,8 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 7

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11519

Acquisition

Vor 1869 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Carl Rottmann, Griechische Küste bei Sturm, um 1849/50, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dn4ZRXZ4aK (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

This is probably one of the free variations on Greek landscapes that Rottmann produced in his final years on the basis of studies he had made for a cycle of paintings of Greece in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. The location cannot be precisely identified. The lonely tree, its foliage tinged with the colours of autumn, and the herd of sheep huddled beneath the vast, stormy sky give compelling expression to the forces of nature.