August Wolf
(1842-1915)
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
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.’
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