List of paintings by Arnold Böcklin explained

Below is a list of selected paintings by Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin.

Image Title DateTechniqueSize (см) LocationNote
Mountain Lake1846Oil on canvas32.5 × 52Private collection
Landscape study1846Oil on cardboard32 × 42Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover
Portrait of Alexander Mikhelis184633 × 31.1Kunstmuseum Basel
Mound1847oil on canvas60.2 × 77.5Kunstmuseum Basel
Landscape with castle ruins1847oil on canvas60 × 78Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Portrait of Jakob Mähly as a student1848oil on canvas32.6 × 24.4Kunstmuseum Basel
Landscape with ruins in the moonlight1849oil on canvas24.5 × 32.5Private collection
Mountain landscape with a waterfallc. 1849oil on canvas32.8 × 40.8Kunstmuseum Basel
Mountain landscape with chamoisc. 1849oil on canvas32.5 × 41Kunstmuseum Basel
In the Pontic marshes1851oil on canvas73 × 98Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Landscape in Campania1851oil on canvas57 × 77Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Roman landscape1852oil on canvas74.5 × 72.5Brooklyn Museum, New York
Centaur and Nymph1855oil on canvas88 × 76Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Nymph at a Springc. 1855oil on canvas129.6 × 112.8Schackgalerie, Munich
At the Edge of the Forestc. 1856oil on canvas67.5 × 94.5Private collection
Bacchanaliac. 1856Oil on canvas50 × 42Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Pan in the Reedsc. 1856–1857oil on canvas138 × 99.5Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Teutons Hunting Boar 1858oil on canvas103.5 × 83Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Nymph in the meadow valley as the personification of the prehistoric era1858oil on fabric on hardboard85 × 125Private collection
Rocky Highlands with a Bridgec. 1858oil on canvas42.5 × 34.5Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Pan in the Reeds. 2nd version1859oil on canvas199.7 × 152.7Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Campaniac. 1859oil on canvas88 × 105Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Abandoned Venusc. 1860oil on canvas120 × 95Kunstmuseum Baselunfinished.
Pan Frightens the Shepherd. 2nd versionc. 1860oil on canvas134.5 × 110.2Schackgalerie, Munich
Rocky Landscape with hunting Centaursc. 1860oil on canvas? × ?Schloss Weimar, Germany
Piperc. 1860/1862oil on canvas49.6 × 73.7Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Portrait of actress Fanny Janauschek1861oil on canvas180 × 104.3Städel Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main
Portrait of chamber singer Karl Wallenreiterc. 1861oil on canvas77 × 63Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Self portrait1862oil on mahogany39.5 × 31Kunstmuseum Basel
Wandering light1862oil on canvas81 × 59Museum of Georg Schaefer, Schweinfurt, Germany
Portrait of the artist Franz von Lenbach1862oil on canvas52.5 × 44.5Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Sappho. 2nd version1862oil on canvas94.9 × 73.7Philadelphia Museum of Art
Self portrait with wife1863oil on canvas63 × 49Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Angela Böcklin in a red hairnet1863wood, tempera and wax41 × 32Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Head of a Roman1863oil on canvas 46.5 x 36.5Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Field with bathing girls1863oil on canvas20 × 36Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Portrait of the sculptor Josef von Kopf1863cardboard, tempera and wax40 × 32Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Roman landscape1863oil on canvas44.5 × 35Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany
Faun, the whistling blackbird1863oil on canvas46.5 × 36Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Villa by the Sea. Sketchc. 1863oil on canvas62.1 × 74.3Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Hermitc. 1863oil on canvas106 × 57.8Schackgalerie, Munich
The Poet of Petrarch1863/64Tempera on canvas60 × 93Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Villa by the sea1864oil on canvas124.5 × 174.5Schackgalerie, Munich
Shepherdess1864oil on canvas62 × 52.8Schackgalerie, Munich
Portrait of Augusto Fratellic. 1864oil on canvas52 × 43Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany
Faun and whistling Blackbird. 2nd version1864/65oil on canvas48.8 × 49Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover
Villa by the sea. 2nd version1865oil on canvas123.4 × 173.2Schackgalerie, Munich
Portrait of Margaret Antoinette Mähly-Shermar1865oil on canvas28 × 22Private collection
The Shepherd's complaint1866oil on canvas137.9 × 100.4Schackgalerie, Munich
Idyll1866oil on canvas73 × 98Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Girl and Boy picking Flowersc. 1866oil on canvas62 × 50Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
The Lamentations of Mary Magdalene on the body of Christ1867oil on canvas84 x 149Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Spring of Love (Spring Source)1868oil on canvas220 × 136Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
The Birth of Venus1868/69oil on canvas135.5 × 79Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
Portrait of Friedrich Weber1869oil on canvas46.5 × 38Private collection
Dragon in a rocky Gorge1870oil on canvas152 × 92.5Schackgalerie, Munich
Night. 3rd version1870oil on canvas136 × 79Private collection
The Way to Emmaus1870oil on canvas94 × 139.5Schackgalerie, Munich
Ruined house near Kehl1870Холст на картоне, масло20.7 × 35.4Kunstmuseum Basel
Killer pursued by the Furies1870oil on canvas80 × 141Schackgalerie, Munich
Venus Anadiomec. 1870Oil on cardboard59 × 48.2Heilshof Museum, Worms
Italian Villa in Springc. 1870oil on canvas80 × 102Schackgalerie, Munich
Mountain Castle with Marching Soldiers1871oil on canvas76 × 109Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
Perfect spring landscape1871oil on canvas73.5 × 59.6Schackgalerie, Munich
Nymph and Satyr1871oil on canvas108 × 154.9Philadelphia Museum of Art
Ride of Death (Autumn and Death)1871oil on canvas79 × 136.5Schackgalerie, Munich
Sacred Grovec. 1871oil on canvas80.5 × 103.1Schackgalerie, Munich
Villa by the sea. 3rd version1871–1874oil on canvas108 × 154Städel Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main
Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle1872oil on canvas75 × 61Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Venus Anadiome1872oil on wood59.1 × 45.7Saint Louis Art Museum
Euterpe with Deer1872oil on canvas78 × 58.3Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
May Day in Ancient Romec. 1872oil on canvas75.7 × 61.6Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Battle of the Centaurs1872/1873oil on canvas104.2 × 194.3Kunstmuseum Basel
Self portrait1873oil on canvas61 × 48.9Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany
Adagio1873Tempera on canvas78 × 105.5Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
In the Spring1873oil on canvas104.5 × 78National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Penitent Mary Magdalene1873oil on canvas58 × 47Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany
Roger and Angelica1873tempera on wood46 × 37Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Astolf leaves with Orrill's headc. 1873oil on canvas54 × 77Kunstmuseum Basel
Vestal1874oil on canvas76 × 61.5Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
Two fishing Pans1874oil on canvas74.5 × 54.5Foundation for Art, Culture and History, Winterthur, Switzerland
Triton and Nereid1874Tempera on canvas105.3 × 194Schackgalerie, Munich
Spring1875tempera on wood63 × 50.5Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Sirens1875Tempera on canvas46 × 31Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Triton and Nereid. 3rd version1875oil on wood41.5 × 66St. Gallen Museum of Art, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Faun blowing a Syrinx1875oil on canvas62.7 × 50.2Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Flora Scattering Flowers1875oil on wood82.5 × 51.5Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Mourning under the Cross1876tempera on wood164 × 250Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Songs of Spring1876oil on canvas61.5 × 51.4Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Charon1876oil on wood60 × 46.5Museum of Georg Schaefer, Schweinfurt, Germany
Elysium1877Tempera on canvas37 × 55Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Triton and Nereid. Sketch1877tempera on paper on wood44.5 × 65.5Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Treasure keeper1877oil on cardboard73.5 × 50Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Sleeping Diana, contemplated by two fauns1877/1885oil on canvas77.4 × 105Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Villa by the Sea. 5th version1878oil on canvas110 × 160Winterthur Museum of Art, Winterthur
Honeymoon. 2nd version1878Tempera on canvas 79 × 60Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Head of Medusac. 1878oil on wood39 × 37Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Spring Evening1879oil on wood67.4 × 129.5Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
Sea surf (Sound). 2nd version1879oil on wood121 × 82Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Triton blowing into a Conch Shell1879oil on wood80.8 × 54.5Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover
Isle of the Dead1880oil on canvas110.9 × 156.4Kunstmuseum Basel
Isle of the Dead. 2nd version1880oil on wood73.7 × 121.9Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Awakening of Spring1880Oil on canvas on wood66 × 130Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Ruin by the Sea1880oil on canvas100.5 × 142Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
Summer Day1881oil on mahogany61 × 50Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden
Spring in the Gorge1881oil on canvas84.5 × 59.4Getty Center, Los Angeles
Ruin by the Sea1881oil on canvas111 × 82Cleveland Museum of Art
The Adventurer1882Tempera on canvas116 × 150.5Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Odysseus and Calypso1882oil on mahogany103.5 × 149.8Kunstmuseum Basel
Sacred Grove1882oil on canvas105 × 150.6Kunstmuseum Basel
Playing in the Waves1883oil on canvas180 × 238Neue Pinakothek, Munich
In the Sea1883oil on wood86.5 × 115Art Institute of Chicago
Isle of the Dead. 3rd version1883oil on wood80 × 150Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Hermit1884oil on wood90 × 69Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Pan in a Children's Dance1884mixed media on mahogany79 × 100.1Museum Folkwang, Essen
Arable Fields in early Spring1884oil on wood54 × 72Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlinunfinished
The Sanctuary of Hercules1884oil on wood113.8 × 180.5National Gallery of Art, Washington
God shows Paradise to Adamc. 1884tempera on wood87 × 121Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany
Self portrait with a glass of wine1885oil and tempera on wood98 × 77Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Silence of the Forest1885oil on wood73 × 58.5National Museum, Poznań
Chained Prometheus. 2nd version1885oil on wood98.5 × 125Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
Nereid Game1886oil on canvas150.5 × 176.4Kunstmuseum Basel
Pirate Attack (Heroic Landscape). 2nd version1886oil on mahogany153 × 232Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Isle of the Dead. 5th version1886oil on wood80.7 × 150Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Sacred Grove. 2nd version1886oil on mahogany100 × 150Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany
Calm Sea1886/1887wood, tempera and enamel103 × 150Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Switzerland
Homecoming1887oil on wood78.5 × 100Private collection
Sea Idyll1887oil on wood167 × 224Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Anthem of the Spring (Three Graces)1888tempera on wood125 × 97Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Centaur at the Village Blacksmith1888oil on wood78.5 × 100Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest), Hungary
Island of the Living1888oil on mahogany93.3 × 140.1Kunstmuseum Basel
Judith1888tempera on wood46 × 37Museum of Georg Schaefer, Schweinfurt, Germany
Portrait of Gottfried Kellerc. 1889oil on canvas81.5 × 55.5Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Honeymoon. 3rd versionc. 1890oil on wood72 × 52.5Städel Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main
Freedom (Helvetia)1891oil on wood96 × 96Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
In the Garden Gazeboc. 1891oil on wood99 × 75Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
St. Anthony Preaches to the Fish1892oil on canvas152 × 105Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Self portrait in the Studio1893Tempera on canvas120 × 80.8Kunstmuseum Basel
Venus the Ancestor1895oil on canvas105 × 150Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Paolo and Francesca1893oil on canvas110.5 × 80Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Diana the Huntress. 2nd version1895/1896oil on canvas99.5 × 200.5Musee d'Orsay, Paris
War1896oil on board100 × 69.5Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
War1896oil on wood222 × 170Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerlandunfinished
Odysseus and Polyphemus1896oil and tempera on wood66 × 150Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Pan and Dryads1897oil on canvas91 × 140Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Nessus and Deianeira1898oil on wood104 × 150Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern
Chapel1898oil on canvas94 × 70.5Private collection
Plague1898tempera on wood149.5 × 104.5Kunstmuseum Basel
Self portrait1898–1899oil on canvas40 × 54Uffizi, Florence
Furious Roland1901oil and tempera on canvas 103 × 150Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germanyunfinished.
Isle of the Dead. 6th version1901oil on boardHermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RussiaBy Arnold and Carlo Böcklins.

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