Liebespaar auf einem Hügel

c. 1863

Arnold Böcklin1827 Basel – 1901 San Domenico bei Fiesole
We have 18 artworks by Arnold Böcklin online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
The female figure is taken from Titian's 'Sacred and Profane Love' (Rome, Galleria Borghese). This and the following, also unfinished painting are studies in which Böcklin, who up to now was mainly active as a landscape painter, sought to create picture-filling figures.
Also known as
Lovers on a Hill Couple d’amoureux sur une colline
Medium
Tempera on canvas
Dimensions
image: 62 x 50 cm
Inventory number
1587
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Otto and Mina Fleischl-Schwarzenbach, 1924