Archäologe in der Kirche von Valeria

1870

not on display
Raphael Ritz1829 Brig – 1894 Sitten
We have 4 artworks by Raphael Ritz online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
In the Valeria, the Romanesque cathedral Notre-Dame of Sion, from which Ritz took numerous motifs. An earlier version of the composition (acquired 1866, former Hanover; Walter Ruppen, Raphael Ritz, 1829-1894: Leben und Werk, Vira: 1971, fig. 13; Walter Ruppen: Raphael Ritz. Das künstlerische Werk. Katalog der Werke (Vallesia 27, 1972), no. 202) shows a praying woman on the right instead of the sleeping one.
Also known as
Archaeologist in the Church of Valeria Archéologue dans l'église de Valère sur Sion
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 48.5 x 38.5 cm
Inventory number
701
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of Schulthess-von Meiss, 1898