Mondscheinlandschaft

1869

not on display

Wilhelm Lichtenheld1817 Hamburg – 1891 München

The type of moonlight landscape flourished in 17th century Dutch painting, notably in the work of Aert van der Neer, and experienced a broad revival in German Romanticism.In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.

Also known as

Moonlight Landscape

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 26 x 43.4 cm

Inventory number

693

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of Schulthess-von Meiss, 1898

Signature

inscr. b. r.: W L. 69

Inscriptions

Accession year

1898

Provenance

Wilhelm Lichtenheld (*1817 Hamburg, +1891 München) (Künstler/-in)
Heinrich Schulthess-von Meiss (*1813 Zürich, +1898 Zürich) (Sammler/-in)
ab 1898, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Vermächtnis

About the provenance

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Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 254.

Object type

painting

Classification

C 1[3] painting 19th century Europe

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