Villa am Meer II,

1865

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

123,4 x 173,2 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 17

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11536

Acquisition

1865 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Arnold Böcklin, Villa am Meer II, 1865, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/k2xnZJgxPd (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

We know neither who the woman is nor the reason for her mourning. Böcklin indicated that she might be the ‘last scion of an old family’. With its pervasive melancholy, the painting acquired iconic status as the embodiment of a vague, insatiable yearning for southern regions and past times. In 1897 the art historian Heinrich Wölfflin wrote: ‘It is a painting that we cannot imagine being without, with associations leading in every direction. Whenever our century’s sensibility is spoken of, mention will have to be made of Villa by the Sea.’