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Source Description
After studying at the Düsseldorf Academy and then with his brother, Andreas, Oswald Achenbach traveled through Germany, Switzerland, and particularly Italy, refining his abilities as a landscape artist. Drawing directly from nature, he played an important part in the spread of realist landscape painting in Germany.
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Document identity
localId
30615
label
Posilipo, Looking towards Naples
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
30615
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Posilipo, Looking towards Naples
description
After studying at the Düsseldorf Academy and then with his brother, Andreas, Oswald Achenbach traveled through Germany, Switzerland, and particularly Italy, refining his abilities as a landscape artist. Drawing directly from nature, he played an important part in the spread of realist landscape painting in Germany.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1827-1905
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.4
height
41.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 x W: 16 1/4 in. (25.4 x 41.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: OW Achenbach
med
watercolor on paper
creator_ids
5903
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2179
429
404
432
2708
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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