Villa am Meer I,

1864

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

124,5 x 174,5 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 17

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11528

Acquisition

1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Arnold Böcklin, Villa am Meer I, 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/M0xy6JWLpl (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

Villa by the Sea is among Böcklin’s best-known works. He painted five versions of the subject, the first two commissioned by Schack. In this version, the first, the artist experimented with materials and techniques, covering the surface with wax to give the colours a subtle glow. Yet the work was severely damaged by the time it reached Schack in Munich, so the collector requested a replica in the more conventional medium of oil painting. Böcklin finished that second version the following year.