Der Gang nach Emmaus,

1870

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

94 x 139,5 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 13

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11517

Acquisition

1870 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Arnold Böcklin, Der Gang nach Emmaus, 1870, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/OrLbdJq41V (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

The landscape, with the figures of Jesus and two of his apostles in the foreground, evinces an awesome power reminiscent of paintings by Nicolas Poussin. Schack noted: ‘Like many [landscapes] by the great Frenchman, it is saturated with the magic of Italy’s mountainous regions, by the wondrous hills and valleys in the heights of Sabina and Latium, where our artist tarried so often during his long sojourn in Rome.’