Das Gewitter (nach Giorgione),

1870

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

80,3 x 71,6 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 11

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11487

Acquisition

nach 1870 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

August Wolf, Das Gewitter (nach Giorgione), 1870, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/k2xnZOgxPd (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

The painting is one of the poesie painted by Giorgione and the young Titian. In these works the artists played skilfully on literary or philosophical themes without permitting the subjects to be pinned down exactly. Schack saw this as a salient feature of The Tempest: ‘It may be difficult to say what it actually depicts, and perhaps it is better not to attempt an interpretation, since its attraction lies precisely in this enigmatic, mysterious quality.’