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1074 - Oswald Achenbach
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Oswald Achenbach In front of the Colosseum (with a view of Meta Sudans fountain) Oil on canvas. 41.2 x 65.6 cm. Signed and dated lower right: Osw. Achenbach 1877. Provenance Paffrath Gallery, Düsseldorf 1991. - In second generation in a private collection, Rhineland. Exhibitions Westdeutsche Kunstmesse, Paffrath Gallery, Düsseldorf/Cologne, 1991. - Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: Das A und O der Landschaft, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1998. Literature M. Potthoff: Oswald Achenbach. Sein künstlerisches Wirken zur Hochzeit des Bürgertums. Studien zu Leben und Werk. Cologne, Berlin 1995, no. 33, p. 276. - Ausst.-Kat. Düsseldorf 1998: Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: Das A und O der Landschaft, Cologne 1998, p. 219, ill. p. 130. Drenched in warm evening light, Oswald Achenbach depicts the Colosseum as a striking setting for the Mediterranean scene. The ancient architecture is portrayed not merely as a historical monument, but as a living part of everyday Roman life. Travellers and traders bring the foreground to life and create a narrative atmosphere within the landscape in front of the ruins.
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